On Jun 16, 9:48*pm, George > wrote:
> On 6/16/2012 9:40 PM, somebody wrote:
>
> > You ever notice OT could mean "off topic" or "on topic"?
>
> > Anyway, my question is relevant to what the old-timers call "usenet".
> > My isp stopped carrying newsgroups few years ago and I had to switch
> > to Google Groups. *Not a fan, but it's the only thing I can use unless
> > I pay money and since I'm kinda poor headed towards even poorer I'd
> > rather not pay as long as free is available.
>
> > Do people here use newsgroup readers? *Are there any free newsgroup
> > servers left? *All I've ever found is ones I have to pay for. *I'm
> > sure they are better than Google Groups and actually have features
> > like a "killfile" etc but GG is good enough. *Just wondered if I was
> > missing something and there are any free news group servers. *Used to
> > use Forte' agent but that was many posts ago.
>
> Sounds like you missed the numerous discussions that came up when ISPs
> turned off servers to "save the children". I started using this one when
> comcast turned off Usenet access:
>
> http://www.eternal-september.org/


By George, I think it's working! I see newsgroup names
downloading... And now Vista Mail is loading messages. Hey, this is
great. Much better than Google Groups!

Thank you very much!!!