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Op Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:06:14 GMT schreef Tom Cumming:

> On 23/08/04 17:54, Benji147461027 wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm using AOL's built-in Usenet reader, which is monumentally inadequate: it
>> looks like a pile of pig excrement, handles like a whale, and has no anti-crud
>> filters at all. So I've decided to use Thunderbird for my usenet purposes. One
>> problem: I need to know the NNTP server for AOL. Does anyone know what this is
>> or will someone give me the address for Wanadoo or something? Thanks.
> 
> Lol!!
> According to <http://www.newsbin.com/ISP.htm>, AOL do not actually 
> run an NNTP server. Not that this surprises me much, since they do 
> not use standard POP3 email servers either. Shows how much notice 
> they took of that customer comments card I sent to them after 
> completing a free trial in about 1996!
> 
> I would suggest you go to http://news.individual.net/ - they offer 
> a free Usenet server, but you have to register a username and 
> password with them first, which takes a couple of days (its done 
> by a human, not automated.)  They've always been very reliable for 
> me, and they filter out most spam messages.
> 
Other free servers that carry this group, and require no login at all, are
news.ncnu.edu.tw
and
dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu
-- 
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
jw dot van dot dormolen at hccnet dot nl

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