William B. Lurie wrote:
Daave wrote:
Bruce Chambers wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:

I am intrigued by reference to a URL shown below in
a prior message. I tried it and got nowhere. What to I have to
put in front of it to make it a useful URL?

news.eternal-september.org



That's not a URL. URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) are used for
accessing HTTP (Hyper-Text Trandfer Protocol) Internet web pages
via a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome, or
Firefox. Uniform Resource Locator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator

It's a Usenet Newsgroup NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol)
Server address. You'd enter it as such following the instructions
for whatever newsreader application (Outlook Express, Thunderbird,
Free Agent, Agent, X-news, etc.) that you use.

Network News Transfer Protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nntp

For Thunderbird, which your message headers tell me you're using:

1) Click Tools Account Settings Add Account Newsgroup Account

2) Click Next

3) Enter your name & email address; click Next

4) Enter "news.eternal-september.org" in the Newsgroup Server field;
click Next

5) Either accept the default account name, or enter one of your own;
click Next

6) Click Finish

7) Make any other customizations or settings that you desire; click
OK
8) Subscribe to the desired Newsgroups and have fun.

There are actually a few more steps necessary. One needs to register
first! (Then one will have the necessary account name and password.)

In the Server tab, the box next to "This server requires me to log
on" needs to be checked. Then the account name and password need to
be entered. (Or perhaps this is what you mean by customizations and
settings.) More info:

http://www.eternal-september.org/

http://www.eternal-september.org/Reg...hp?language=en


I musta done it right, Daave, because I'm up and running over there.

Cool.