Subj : OS/2 Usenet NewsGroups
To   : Stewart Buckingham
From : David Calafrancesco
Date : Sat Nov 10 2001 01:41 am

Stewart Buckingham wrote in a message to David Calafrancesco:

 SB> 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 ?

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

Suggest to your ISP that they consider outsourcing news to an external 
provider. Options are: Netaxs.com, Randori.com, supernews.com, giganews.com and 
a few others. The above were listed in increasing price/connection. Netaxs.com 
runs $75/mo for 10-15 connections, Randori also $75/mo but only 5 connections, 
supernews $20/connection, min 10, giganews $25/conn min 10. 

So, you can conclude that I was in their same position last month. Blown news 
server, not worth putting new server together. Make a dns change, write a check 
and provide news to customers. 

>> 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.

 SB> Where would be the best place to find Jack?

Not sure about Jack, but I seem to recall seeing a couple posts come through 
teamos2 recently that were talking about some OS2 newsgroups, or maybe just IBM 
newsgroups or something. 

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

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

Get your ISP to adjust your account down by the cost of you buying external 
news services :) Try a google.com search for public access news services. I 
presume that the web interface of deja.com is not what you are looking for. 

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

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