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Comcast Dropping Usenet
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. |
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nospam wrote: > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Are you able to post through Google? |
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"nospam" > wrote: > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Yes, you can search, read and post via Google... might be a little more hassle, but not all that bad, and it's free. http://groups.google.com Many people now use Google as their only access to the newsgroups. Good Luck! Erik |
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Verizon dropped all "ALT" groups, now only carries COMP.*, HUMANITIES.*,
MISC.*, NEWS.*, REC.*, SCI.*, SOC.* and TALK.* newsgroups. Thank Andrew Cuomo for suing ISPs purported to be carrying kiddie porn. They got nervous and dropped all newsgroups that weren't one of the "safe" ones listed above. Or dropped NG's all together. So banishing thousands of relevant, useful, CLEAN groups is apparently the effective way to deal with the less than 1% of the groups that are the ones causing the issue. Farking brilliant. I lost access to alt.guitar.bass and alt.autos.volvo amongst others. I use Google now, it's not that much of a PITA. When it's the only game in town, you get used to it. There are free newsgroup carriers out there that you can use with your news client of choice, but their performance and content is often lacking. mkl "nospam" > wrote in message . .. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > > > |
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"nospam" > wrote in message
. .. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Again... Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well as Comcast with your Outlook Express. dwight |
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Erik wrote:
> In article >, > "nospam" > wrote: > >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> >> I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. >> >> Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > > > > Yes, you can search, read and post via Google... might be a little more > hassle, but not all that bad, and it's free. > > http://groups.google.com > > Many people now use Google as their only access to the newsgroups. > > Good Luck! > > Erik Actually, it *is* all that bad. There's plenty of other alternatives. -- "Don't argue what you don't understand" - Johnny Rebel |
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"nospam" > wrote in message . .. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. You ought to drop a note to the idiots in Albany. |
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Time Warner did the same thing. I told their door-to-door rep that as a
result, I would never open an account with them. Also emailed the CEO to let them know they lost a potential customer. "nospam" > wrote in message . .. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > > > |
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I use news.motzarella.org when embarq drobbed their news server and
it works well. Mark "dwight" > wrote in message ... > "nospam" > wrote in message > . .. >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> >> I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. >> >> Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > > Again... Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free > newsgroup account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just > as well as Comcast with your Outlook Express. > > dwight > > |
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dwight wrote:
> "nospam" > wrote in message > . .. >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> >> I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. >> >> Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > > Again... Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free > newsgroup account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just > as well as Comcast with your Outlook Express. Thanks for the link. What is the Outgoing Server SMTP setting for this server? I didn't see it listed anywhere. |
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