David Aguilera wrote: > I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows > posting but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
I don't know what "slow" mean in terms of a news server. Do you mean that you don't get today's messages until tomorrow, or do you mean that your mail program dwells on "sending message" when you've replied, or takes a few seconds to download all the headers?
When Verizon dropped newsgroups, I switched to Eternal September and that's worked out OK for me. But occasionally it'll take several seconds to post a message. I guess I could better ignore that response time if I did my news reading and posting off line, but I'm retired. I have plenty of time. I catch up on my Solitaire playing during the gaps. ;)
> Can somebody recommend a good commercial service for newsgroups?
> I'm currently using Thunderbird on Mac OSX Snow Leopard and like the > setup. Just thought I'd mention it because I'm not interested in a > web-based one.
> I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows posting > but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
> Can somebody recommend a good commercial service for newsgroups?
> I'm currently using Thunderbird on Mac OSX Snow Leopard and like the > setup. Just thought I'd mention it because I'm not interested in a > web-based one.
> I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows > posting but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
News.individual.net
Text groups only, no binaries, runs cleanfeed so you don't see those annoying adverts for Chinese running shoes, and costs ten Euros a year.
John Williamson <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com> wrote: > David Aguilera wrote: > > To Whom It May Concern:
> > Can somebody recommend a good commercial service for newsgroups?
> > I'm currently using Thunderbird on Mac OSX Snow Leopard and like the > > setup. Just thought I'd mention it because I'm not interested in a > > web-based one.
> > I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows > > posting but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
> News.individual.net
> Text groups only, no binaries, runs cleanfeed so you don't see those > annoying adverts for Chinese running shoes, and costs ten Euros a year.
Yep. I've been using that service for a couple of years and it has been consistently good.
In article <hcqi19$1m...@adenine.netfront.net>, David Aguilera <absencestud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can somebody recommend a good commercial service for newsgroups?
> I'm currently using Thunderbird on Mac OSX Snow Leopard and like the > setup. Just thought I'd mention it because I'm not interested in a > web-based one.
> I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows > posting but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
> Thanks,
> David
When Comcast stopped providing newsgroups, I went with Forte. It's cheap and I'm very satisfied with it. I'm also on a Mac.
>> Can somebody recommend a good commercial service for newsgroups?
>> I'm currently using Thunderbird on Mac OSX Snow Leopard and like the >> setup. Just thought I'd mention it because I'm not interested in a >> web-based one.
>> I'm currently using a free one: freenews.netfront.net. It allows >> posting but is rather slow. Maybe I'm just impatient.
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