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.



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