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Kneale Brownson wrote:
lal_truckee wrote in message ... Kneale Brownson wrote: (Kneale Brownson) wrote in message . com... Comments posted 12/08/03 showed up 12/11/03. Ain't Google Grand? Google's not for reading or posting usenet. Try one of the many free news servers, for instance, "news.individual.net" - information available at http://news.individual.net/ Thanks. I filled out the info form and got an automated message that I would be contacted by an actual human. That was last week. No contact yet. Must be busy, eh? Don't know. They password response email from them was automated when I signed up, IIRC. |
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lal_truckee wrote in message ...
Kneale Brownson wrote: lal_truckee wrote in message ... Kneale Brownson wrote: (Kneale Brownson) wrote in message . com... Comments posted 12/08/03 showed up 12/11/03. Ain't Google Grand? Google's not for reading or posting usenet. Try one of the many free news servers, for instance, "news.individual.net" - information available at http://news.individual.net/ Thanks. I filled out the info form and got an automated message that I would be contacted by an actual human. That was last week. No contact yet. Must be busy, eh? Don't know. They password response email from them was automated when I signed up, IIRC. They finally sent me a follow-up. Turns out you have to subscribe to some OTHER program in order to employ theirs. In other words, the news.individual.net jobbie is not a news reader in and of itself but instead requires something like Forte Agent or Opera or Netscape and then works in concert with those others. PITA to me. |
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Kneale Brownson wrote:
lal_truckee wrote: Kneale Brownson wrote: lal_truckee wrote: Kneale Brownson wrote: (Kneale Brownson) wrote: Comments posted 12/08/03 showed up 12/11/03. Ain't Google Grand? Google's not for reading or posting usenet. Try one of the many free news servers, for instance, "news.individual.net" - information available at http://news.individual.net/ Thanks. I filled out the info form and got an automated message that I would be contacted by an actual human. That was last week. No contact yet. Must be busy, eh? Don't know. They password response email from them was automated when I signed up, IIRC. They finally sent me a follow-up. Turns out you have to subscribe to some OTHER program in order to employ theirs. In other words, the news.individual.net jobbie is not a news reader in and of itself but instead requires something like Forte Agent or Opera or Netscape and then works in concert with those others. PITA to me. You don't subscribe to Forte or Opera or Netscape or Mozilla, you just use one of them to read the news presented by individual.net or whatever other newsfeed you choose. That's what most people do because no matter which newsreader you use (even the M$ product) it's going to be infinitely easier, faster and more pleasurable than a web-based reader. Windows people seem to like Forte Free Agent which is, as noted, free for the download, or you can use the reader you already have installed (mumble Express?). I'm partial to one of the older versions of Netscape, but people think I'm crazy. Reading news at google is a much bigger PITA than using a real newsreader. Give it a shot, you'll be glad you did. -- Cheers, Bev ************************************************** *************** "...and then I'll become a veterinarian because I love children." -- Julie Brown |
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bdubya wrote in message . ..
Downloading, installing and configuring FreeAgent should take about as much effort as posting for a day or two through Google. IMHO. But some folks still think switching to a deeper sidecut is too much trouble, too..... bw I've used Forte in the past, didn't really like the reading format, at least of the Free version. The response speed, of course, was better than Google. My main point was that there wasn't any need for me to employ the News.individual.net program. My ISP provides a newsreader connection I can use with Forte or Opera or whatever. I took it from the original advice to check out the N-I-N thing that that would provide the newsreader service directly. |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:04:52 CST, (Kneale
Brownson) wrote this crap: My main point was that there wasn't any need for me to employ the News.individual.net program. My ISP provides a newsreader connection I can use with Forte or Opera or whatever. I took it from the original advice to check out the N-I-N thing that that would provide the newsreader service directly. What is Opera? I've used just about every newsreader there is, and I've never heard of Opera. Gimme the website, I'm afraid to put in www.opera.com Hero@Horvath I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste. |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 at 17:12 GMT, Terd Fartingmor penned:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:04:52 CST, (Kneale Brownson) wrote this crap: My main point was that there wasn't any need for me to employ the News.individual.net program. My ISP provides a newsreader connection I can use with Forte or Opera or whatever. I took it from the original advice to check out the N-I-N thing that that would provide the newsreader service directly. What is Opera? I've used just about every newsreader there is, and I've never heard of Opera. Gimme the website, I'm afraid to put in www.opera.com No, it really is www.opera.com. It's a browser package that many people adore. It's not free, though. -- monique |
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"Monique Y. Herman" wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 at 17:12 GMT, Terd Fartingmor penned: On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:04:52 CST, (Kneale Brownson) wrote this crap: My main point was that there wasn't any need for me to employ the News.individual.net program. My ISP provides a newsreader connection I can use with Forte or Opera or whatever. So does my real ISP, but individual.net is better. More groups, longer retention. A bit slower, but I suppose it's the ocean crossing that causes problems... I took it from the original advice to check out the N-I-N thing that that would provide the newsreader service directly. What is Opera? I've used just about every newsreader there is, and I've never heard of Opera. Gimme the website, I'm afraid to put in www.opera.com No, it really is www.opera.com. It's a browser package that many people adore. It's not free, though. Last I heard, the linux version was. I don't think it had a newsreader, though. Faster, but less capable. Maybe it's better now. ObSki: They want $48 for a lousy Snow Summit ticket, but give you back $15 if you leave at 1:00. During the holiday period the price goes up to $55. 12-24" on a bit more than half the runs. Feh. -- Cheers, Bev --------------------------------------------------- Don't you just KNOW that there is more than one Sierra Club member who is absolutely sure that the dinosaurs died out because of something humans did? |
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"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message .. .
No, it really is www.opera.com. It's a browser package that many people adore. It's not free, though. There IS a free version of Opera and it does have a newsreader facility. |
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:44:31 CST, "Monique Y. Herman"
wrote this crap: What is Opera? I've used just about every newsreader there is, and I've never heard of Opera. Gimme the website, I'm afraid to put in www.opera.com No, it really is www.opera.com. It's a browser package that many people adore. It's not free, though. It's 39 bucks for something that looks like OE. I don't think so! I'll stick with Agent. It's only $25, and much better than OE. And for those who don't want to pay the 25 bucks, Free Agent does the same thing as Agent, and it's free. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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