On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:28:19 GMT, Mydnight wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2005 18:26:17 GMT, (Joseph Kubera) wrote:
>
>>I have tried posting messages recently, and they are not showing up. Today I
>>received a message from AOL that they are discontinuing newsgroup service, so
>>that could be the reason. I will have to find another way to access
>>newsgroups.
>>
>>Let's see if this one shows up.
>>
>>Joe Kubera
>
>
> Do you have any friends that use newsgroups nearby that perhaps use a
> different ISP? If they have broadband or something, it's more than
> likely that they don't use newsgroups, so you could just ask them if
> you could borrow their access. Most only require you having a
> newsgroup reader and a news-server address.
Better yet - get them to set up a wireless network and tap into it.
> I mean, it really wouldn't put much of a drain on their account and
> most ISPs really don't monitor IP address of newsgroup users; they
> probably wouldn't care either way.
I'm not so sure about that. All of the ISP's I have used limit access
to only members of their network. For example, my DSL ISP at home
won't let me access their newsservers when I'm on the campus network,
and vice versa.
This is why I signed on with Individual.net. I can take my laptop
anywhere and still access newsgroups.
--
Derek
Before you bad mouth somebody for being "puritanical," keep in mind
that the Puritans believed that conception couldn't happen unless the
woman was pleasured in the process.