There are some free news servers out there that work quite nicely - I
used to use one when my laptop was working...I managed to kill it, and I
can't recall what I was using.
But I found it by doing a simple Google search for "free news servers".
There are a number of sites that have lists of them and you can take
your pick.
--
- Rufus
Paul P wrote:
> The best that I can figure my provider is dropping this group. They
> will only carry the "Big-8" groups. I suppose I will have to use one of
> the free news reader services or Google.
>
> See yins around,
>
> Paul P.
>
> I have included the notice below:
>
> Dear Verizon Online Customer,
>
> As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about
> some im****tant changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup
> service.
>
> On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only
> offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed
> below. The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be
> available. Users will not be able to post or download from any other
> newsgroups using our Newsgroup service.
>
> comp.*
> humanities.*
> misc.*
> news.*
> rec.*
> sci.*
> soc.*
> talk.*
>
> More details regarding the Big 8 newsgroup hierarchies is available at:
> http://www.big-8.org/.
>
> This change will not affect your Internet access service. If you would
> like to subscribe to newsgroups other than those we offer, you will need
> to subscribe to a separate commercial news service. Please note that
> your use of any such service is still subject to our Terms of Service
> and Acceptable Use Policy.
>
> There are no changes required to your software, but you will need to
> unsubscribe from all Newsgroups other than the Big 8 hierarchies and the
> 0.verizon.* hierarchy noted above. The following link explains how to
> subscribe and unsubscribe in Outlook Express:
>
> http://sup****t.microsoft.com/kb/171190
>
> IM****TANT: If you continue to subscribe to unsup****ted newsgroups, you
> may experience poor computer performance and slow throughput speeds.
> Failure to unsubscribe may also interfere with the functioning of the
> Verizon network or use of the network by other Verizon users, which is a
> violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.
>
> We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you
> in the future.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Verizon Online
>
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