Doug Freyburger > wrote in
:

>> Selecting a reliable server is not an easy task. I use
>> GigaNews and I pay for it.
>
> I suggest it is an easy task. In google (as well as with
> almost any real newsreader) there's an option to view the full
> headers. Look for the provider in some headers until you find
> it easy to recognize the NSP name. Then cycle through a bunch
> of readers and see what one's they use. Pick one. Any of the
> popular ones will work just fine.

However, that does not guarantee the first one he finds will meet
his needs, in server or reader. I went through quite a few before
settling on Giganews for my server and Xnews for my reader.

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I read about an [Inuk] hunter who asked the local missionary
priest: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to
hell?" "No," said the priest, "not if you did not know."
"Then why," asked the [Inuk], "did you tell me?"

Annie Dillard