When TWC dropped newsgroups here years ago I went with AGN. http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php $2.95 a month for 25GB of downloads. Highest Retention and Completion ?2,759 Days Binary Retention ?4,635 Days Text Retention ?99% + Completion Rate ?100,000 + Newsgroups 30 Blazing Fast Connections ?The most connections of any Usenet provider ?Recently upgraded servers provide blazing speeds ?Compressed headers up to 10 times faster Free SSL Security ?State of the art 256-bit SSL encryption ?Maintain you privacy while downloading Global Usenet Network ?Multiple data centers in both U.S. and Europe ?Dedicated servers for all major Internet providers -----Original Message----- From: Robert Jarratt Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 7:53 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Usenet News Servers My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts. What news servers do people round here recommend? Thanks Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

I have a question about access to newsgroups. Which currently available browser is able to access a newsgroups server? Currently, I am using Netscape 7.2 under Windows 98SE. If I upgrade to Windows 10, I probably won't find anything from Microsoft which will support reasonable access to newsgroups. Is there a link to a site which has an application that supports access to newsgroups in a manner similar to how Netscape 7.2 provides access. BEST would be a browser that also supports access to e-mail in the same manner as Netscape 7.2 and which also allows me to copy all of the archived 100,000 e-mails and posts which I have acquired over the last 15 years. It is only about 300 MB, so the size is not a factor. I know someone will probably recall the same question a while ago, but the answer given then was not sufficient to make the switch. At least a link to the site which has the files to be downloaded would be needed since just the name of the application does not seem to help me. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I registered 8 years ago, I received the following reply copied below. There is no charge for the service. I have found that about 99% of the posts which appear at eternal-september also appear at sunsite. Mainly, I use sunsite to check that I am receiving all the posts which have been made to other servers in addition to having a second source just in case one of the servers has crashed or disappears. The e-mail to sign up was sent to: news-signup at sunsite.dk The other e-mail address that I used to inquire about an acceptable newsgroup which was not yet carried (alt.sys.pdp11 - but is now) was: staff at sunsite.dk The information should be sufficient to inquire and register. Note that retention is short for some newsgroups, probably only a few days while for others the retention can be over a year. So checking the posts on at least a daily basis is recommended until you determine the retention period. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear "e-mail address" You have been registered at the dotsrc.org usenet server. To be able to read and post articles, you will have to tell your news client, that it must perform authentication. If you forget your username/password, then just register again. There is no need to remove your registration - your registration will be removed when it has not been used for 3 months. More information can be found at: http://dotsrc.org/usenet/ Your username is: "e-mail address" Your password is: "six character password" Your newsserver is: news.sunsite.dk IMPORTANT: October 15th 2005 a new access policy was introduced, in order to make the main focus of the usenet service consistent with our remaining policy and focus. For further info please see http://dotsrc.org/usenet/accesschange/ Please remark, that the username and password is for your personal usage only! Upon any abuse, your account will be terminated immediately. Best regards, Dotsrc.org News Administrator staff at dotsrc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------