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  1. Re:alternatives by eulernet · · Score: 2, Informative · on AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives?

    Try http://newzbot.com/
    It's a search engine for finding free newsgroups server.
    Just enter the group you'd like to grab, and it will provide you some servers.

  2. Re:USENET by HD+Webdev · · Score: 1 · on CMU Professor's Rebuttal Against RIAA Propaganda

    Can you name a few? Two? One really good one?

    How about dozens?

    The subscription servers are much better overall. There is a list with reviews of them here and here.

  3. Servers, groups by harmonica · · Score: 1 · on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service

    On the other hand I haven't found a way to read newsgroups with mozilla. Maybe that;s because I don't know what to fill the server field with...

    There's a list of public servers.

    and if a group I'm interested in is on that server.

    Once you've retrieved the group list from the server your newsreader lets you inspect it. Or use Newzbot to search for the availability of a specific group.

  4. Re:Once Again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 'Winston Smith' Speaks Out On MS Reader Convertor
    I want my naughty teenage lesbians, I just don't want to pay for it!!!
    Get Usenet, you hippie!
  5. Re:Simple. It's easier. by Istealmymusic · · Score: 1 · on P2P Filesharing vs. The Web
    Actaully then... could you recommend some free servers?
    Sure. It'll let you find a news server that carries your newsgroup. Some are read-only but a couple allow posting. Enjoy.
  6. Re:someone care to explain how to USE usenet ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Proposed Usenet Death Penalty for Australia's Largest ISP

    If you are using Windows, and have Outlook Express on your computer, open it, then here's your todo list:

    1. "Tools" menu => "Accounts"
    2. "Add" button => News
    3. Yadda yadda
    4. For the news server, you must find the address of a news server that you have access to. It is likely that your ISP provides one for you. If your ISP doesn't offer one, or if you're too lazy to find out, you can search newzbot for a server.
    5. After putting the newsserver in, click next however many times you need, then click finish. Click "Yes" to download the newsgroups from the news account you added.
    6. Double click on a newsgroup in the list to subscribe to it.

    The newsgroup you selected is now visible on the left. Click on it to read all the messages.

  7. Re:Big deal. by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 5, Informative · on Proposed Usenet Death Penalty for Australia's Largest ISP
    I used to pull from alt.control and alt.test and pull news server that looked like a FQDN and then ping tested them. Then it tried to connect and do a test. I then used them as my 'private news server'. Still, you wanna be careful doing this...
    If anyone's interested in open news servers without doing the probing themselves, check out NewzBot. The site tracks a database of news servers accessible to the public. You can even search to see which servers carry a particular group. There aren't as many "big" servers (30K+ groups) as there used to be, but if your ISP's server misses an article, chances are you'll find a server at NewzBot that has it.