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"Benji147461027" <benji147461027@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:20040830160944.05203.00000067@mb-m29.aol.com...
> Actually I'm not using NTL, cable isn't available in vast wodges of the 
> UK.
> We're only just getting proper DSL!!

:-(

I did a Google search for AOL nntp details and got this...

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03. Ques: I want to use X newsreader software.
Can I? How do I? Why can't I?

[Editor's Note: Both of these answers are true.
Be sure to read them BOTH.]

The short answer is that no, you cannot use third party software
to read and post to news groups through AOL's news group servers.
There are several reasons for this, the two most important being
that AOL's servers are security fire walled to prevent abuse by
posters from outside of AOL, and secondly, AOL uses a non
NNTP-compliant distributed news system. The up side of this is a
great news feed, the down side is you have to use one of AOL's
proprietary news readers. The two most commonly desired features
of third party news readers, BTW, are automatic attribution and
quoting. These features *are* available in the off-line news
reader.

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Looks like you'll have to use another news provider (nntp source) if you 
don't want to use AOL software.  I'm on NTL and am not familiar with any 
others so I can't help you there, soz.

Some of the other posts in this thread have suggestions you might try.

Good luck!

All the best

Fling