On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:09:52 -0500, Jeff T wrote:

Are there any good, free newsservers?

Yes. A plethora of them. But most are "limited" in some way. Just do a
search for "free Usenet servers."

I use www.aioe.org as it has SSL servers in addition to the open,
unsecured ones, and doesn't require registration.

Stef