Subj : OS/2 Usenet NewsGroups
To   : David Calafrancesco
From : Stewart Buckingham
Date : Sat Nov 10 2001 09:48 am

Hi,

Yep it was I who wrote this message originally.

> Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote in a message to Stewart Buckingham:

>> [Moved from OS2DOSBBS to OS2INET ...]

>> Does anyone know of a free public NEWS server which allows read &
>> write and carries the OS/2 NewsGroups.

>> Does your ISP not run an NNTP server ?

It did, but for some reason it stopped getting any new NEWS. It can be pinged 
but can't be accessed by my news client or my browser mail software. After much 
discussion they are not interested in fixing/supporting it. I don't have any 
viable alternative ISP either. Hence the questions.

>> Is anyone running their own private NEWS server and would allow me
>> access to the OS/2 NewsGroups.

>> Jack Troughton is.  I don't know whether or not he allows write
>> access.  One can certainly read the OS/2 newsgroups from his
>> server.  But, again, one's ISP's NNTP server is usually the more
>> efficient choice.

Where would be the best place to find Jack?

>You can also buy a personal account with a news server for anywhere from $30/y
> to $30/month.

I know, but being a retiree, I *really* wanted to avoid that expense :(

Stu/2

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