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From: Richard Ellis on 28 Apr 2010 11:27
Cox recently announced they won't be supporting Usenet any longer.

"Note: Effective June 30, 2010, Newsgroup service will no longer be
offered as part of the Cox High Speed Internet service."

They suggest an alternative source which is fairly pricey.
Are there other sources, methods to connect to Usenet? Expensive? Free?

Is it possible to access Usenet through Mail?

Thanks ahead of time..

de

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From: nospam on 28 Apr 2010 11:55
In article
<2dellis-612CAE.08274028042010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
Richard Ellis <2dellis(a)notthispart.cox.net> wrote:

> Are there other sources, methods to connect to Usenet? Expensive? Free?

there are a *lot* of options, from free text only services to paid if
you want binary groups or just something more reliable than free (which
is generally pretty good but it's certainly not perfect). there's even
a usenet newsgroup for it, alt.free.newsservers.

> Is it possible to access Usenet through Mail?

i doubt it but you can always use google groups.
From: Jolly Roger on 28 Apr 2010 12:38
In article
<2dellis-612CAE.08274028042010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
Richard Ellis <2dellis(a)notthispart.cox.net> wrote:

> Cox recently announced they won't be supporting Usenet any longer.
>
> "Note: Effective June 30, 2010, Newsgroup service will no longer be
> offered as part of the Cox High Speed Internet service."
>
> They suggest an alternative source which is fairly pricey.
> Are there other sources, methods to connect to Usenet? Expensive? Free?
>
> Is it possible to access Usenet through Mail?
>
> Thanks ahead of time..
>
> de

This question has been asked here so many times it's not funny. Please
do a Google search for:

usenet providers group:comp.sys.mac.*

As I've said many times in the past, I consider my provider,
http://individual.net to be not only one of the cheapest, but also THE
best when it comes to SPM blocking. They also clearly have competent
technical knowledge of running Usenet servers, and have top-notch
reliability, and offer filtering capabilities that rival most others.

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filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR
From: Fred Bambrough on 28 Apr 2010 15:22
In message <jollyroger-7D749E.11383428042010(a)news.individual.net>
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> In article
> <2dellis-612CAE.08274028042010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
> Richard Ellis <2dellis(a)notthispart.cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Cox recently announced they won't be supporting Usenet any longer.
> >
> > "Note: Effective June 30, 2010, Newsgroup service will no longer be
> > offered as part of the Cox High Speed Internet service."
> >
> > They suggest an alternative source which is fairly pricey.
> > Are there other sources, methods to connect to Usenet? Expensive? Free?
> >
> > Is it possible to access Usenet through Mail?
> >
> > Thanks ahead of time..
> >
> > de
>
> This question has been asked here so many times it's not funny. Please
> do a Google search for:
>
> usenet providers group:comp.sys.mac.*
>
> As I've said many times in the past, I consider my provider,
> http://individual.net to be not only one of the cheapest, but also THE
> best when it comes to SPM blocking. They also clearly have competent
> technical knowledge of running Usenet servers, and have top-notch
> reliability, and offer filtering capabilities that rival most others.

Over and above that, they take great care of their customers even on an
individual basis.

There was an issue with the way my newsreader handled headers which
sometimes screwed up threading. NIN diagnosed the problem & put a temporary
work around on their servers until the author issued a fix for the reader.

That's service!

--
Fred
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 28 Apr 2010 15:32
Richard Ellis <2dellis(a)notthispart.cox.net> wrote:

> Cox recently announced they won't be supporting Usenet any longer.
>
> "Note: Effective June 30, 2010, Newsgroup service will no longer be
> offered as part of the Cox High Speed Internet service."
>
> They suggest an alternative source which is fairly pricey.
> Are there other sources, methods to connect to Usenet? Expensive? Free?
>
> Is it possible to access Usenet through Mail?
>
> Thanks ahead of time..
>
> de

Give <http://news.individual.net/> a go - only �10 per year and very
little spam. Text only groups though, but really BitTorrent is a far
better way to share files if you're into that.
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