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Yo

"Benji147461027"  wrote >
> 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.

You're going thru NTHell (NTL) aren't you?

Try:

news.virgin.net
news.ntlworld.com

No log-on, default settings etc.  Both one in the same I think (ie. point to
same new servers) tho virgin.net may for some unknown reason respond/work
more often.  If they don't work then you may need AOL's specific news addy
if they route you thru whatever way you connect with them.  Dunno nowt else
bout AOL tho, soz.

HTH

Fling

"Benji147461027" <benji147461027@aol.com> schreef in bericht
news:20040823125432.09145.00002131@mb-m01.aol.com...
> 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.

You can mail Josef for an account on joesbox.cjb.net, which carries 4 local
groups and 4 alt.games.* groups, including this one.

Op Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:37:38 GMT schreef Flingel Bunt:

> Yo
> 
> "Benji147461027"  wrote >
>> 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.
> 
> You're going thru NTHell (NTL) aren't you?
> 
> Try:
> 
> news.virgin.net
> news.ntlworld.com
> 
> No log-on, default settings etc.

Both flatly refuse any access.
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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.

I would also strongly suggest you do not post under your main 
email address - open a Yahoo account or something, or use 
me@privacy.net (see <http://privacy.net/email/>.) Otherwise you 
*will* get vast amounts of spam. Do not make up an email address 
(if you use news.individual.net) - it is against their terms and 
conditions.

-- 
Tom Cumming

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Yo

"Afoklala" <nospam@spam.no> wrote in message
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> Op Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:37:38 GMT schreef Flingel Bunt:
> > news.virgin.net
> > news.ntlworld.com
> >
> > No log-on, default settings etc.
>
> Both flatly refuse any access.

They will do unless NTL is your ISP or go through an ISP using NTL's 'lines'
(possibly).

Google groups work from anywhere tho ...

http://groups.google.com

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.games.microprose.transport-tyc


HTH
All the best

Fling

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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