In message , Jeff T
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"BillW50" wrote in message
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Jeff T typed:
Are there any good, free newsservers?

I like "news.eternal-september.org" myself. If you want binary
newsgroups, then that would be a bad one.

If you want binary 'groups, Teranews costs three dollars something to
register with, and is then free for ever after.
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I tried news.eternal-september.org but all I could get were
news.eternal-september.org newsgroups.
Jeff


That means you didn't complete the registration (or whatever they call
it) process. They provide a newsserver that gives access to their own
'groups without any registration ("I'm only seeing the e-s 'groups" is
one of the FAQs on the site). When you register, they send you an email
containing a link you have to click on (once); this whole process can
take a few hours when they're busy.

Or, you might not have set up your news client to supply username and
password (or have entered them incorrectly) when collecting; I think
that also gives access to the e-s 'groups only.

I don't know what e-s's business model is. In case it suddenly isn't, I
know lots of people who are very satisfied with NIN, alias "the Berlin
server", which though not free is something trivial like ten euros a
year.
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