Usenet News Servers

[Dave G4UGM]

I think Thunderbird will allow import from the old Netscape mail client.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jerome H.
> Fine
> Sent: 06 March 2016 14:27
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Usenet News Servers
> 
>  >On Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 12:53:22 +0000, Robert Jarratt wrote:
> 
> >My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts.
> >
> >What news servers do people round here recommend?
> >
> 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.
> 
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> 
> 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.
> 
>
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> 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
> 
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