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From: Algazm on 17 Jun 2008 18:58 I just received this email from Verizon: ......................................... Dear Verizon Online Customer, As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about some important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup service. On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed below. The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be available. Users will not be able to post or download from any other newsgroups using our Newsgroup service. comp.* humanities.* misc.* news.* rec.* sci.* soc.* talk.* ........................................... Any suggestions for a "replacement" for Verizon's newsgroup service? (Free ones?). If I wasn't using a sub-account on Verizon (and had a job so I could afford a different ISP), I'd get it from Comcast or something. I've always used Seamonkey for the "news", so I have no idea what else to use. Verizon is really sucking worse than ever!
From: Harold Stevens on 18 Jun 2008 09:13 In <ckX5k.5783$7A1.1128(a)trndny04> Algazm: [Snip...] > Any suggestions for a "replacement" for Verizon's newsgroup service? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html Also, lotsa threads about this fsckup in news.software.readers (et al). BTW, I hope Mario Cuomo enjoys living in his cramped ignorant headspace. > Free ones? Check 'em out. IMO, I pay for services if they're worth it TO ME. This is one of the reasons I do NOT have a cellphone, or cable/satellite TV. JMO; YMMV... -- Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS * Pardon any bogus email addresses (wookie) in place for spambots. Really, it's (wyrd) at airmail, dotted with net. DO NOT SPAM IT. I toss GoogleGroup posts from gitgo (http://improve-usenet.org).
From: houghi on 18 Jun 2008 09:58 Harold Stevens wrote: >> Any suggestions for a "replacement" for Verizon's newsgroup service? > > http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html The Usenet4All.se filters out GG and also it is slow sometimes to show the new posts and miss posts. The servers I use: root(a)penne : grep ^server /etc/leafnode/config|awk '{print $NF}' news.cnntp.org # Subscribe forums.opensuse.org # for http://forums.opensuse.org news.dommel.be # My porvider news.motzarella.org # Subscribe news.albasani.net # Subscribe news.sunsite.dk # Subscribe newszilla.xs4all.nl # My provider Free via IPv6. Binaries news.xs4all.nl # My provider Free via IPv6. Text news.gmane.org # Mailinglists fb1.euro.net # be. and nl. only news.readfreenews.net # Single payment. Free later news.x-privat.org # Subscribe news.news4us.nl # Subscribe houghi -- > Knock-knock. > Who's there? > Under the Patriot Act, we don't have to tell you that.
From: Will Honea on 18 Jun 2008 00:56 Algazm wrote: > I just received this email from Verizon: > ........................................ > > Dear Verizon Online Customer, > > As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about > some important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup > service. > > On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only > offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed below. > The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be > available. Users will not be able to post or download from any other > newsgroups using our Newsgroup service. > > comp.* > humanities.* > misc.* > news.* > rec.* > sci.* > soc.* > talk.* > > .......................................... > Any suggestions for a "replacement" for Verizon's newsgroup service? > (Free ones?). If I wasn't using a sub-account on Verizon (and had a job > so I could afford a different ISP), I'd get it from Comcast or > something. I've always used Seamonkey for the "news", so I have no idea > what else to use. Verizon is really sucking worse than ever! Look at terranews. Cost about $4 one-time for setup but it's free after that. Latency is a bit long but posts are usually there in a few minutes or so. -- Will Honea ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
From: Paul J Gans on 25 Jun 2008 22:05
PaulRS <prschmi(a)zverizon.net> wrote: >On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:06:02 UTC, ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld >(Moe Trin) wrote: >> Yeah - I've been posting that link as well. Note that if you do stay >> with Verizon, you'll be stuck with the 17 sanctioned 'comp.os.linux.*' >> groups, and any others that may leak passed (the server I'm using has >> 13 additional unsanctioned comp.os.linux.* newsgroups). You'll need to >> be using a newsreader than can kill articles with a Message-ID that >> contains the string 'googlegroups.com' to avoid the spam that floods >> comp.os.linux.misc - but that's trivial. >> >> >Also, lotsa threads about this fsckup in news.software.readers (et al). >> >> Yup - it's also a big-to-do in other 'alt.os.linux.*' groups. >> >> >BTW, I hope Mario Cuomo enjoys living in his cramped ignorant headspace. Mario Cuomo? Surely you jest. >> Cuomo is merely a politician getting blamed for the idiocies of a few >> major ISPs. He has absolutely no understanding of what a freakin' >> computer is, never mind something as complicated as the Internet and >> Usenet. Please check your facts before your outrage spews all over your keyboard. I suspect you mean Andrew Cuomo, not Mario. Mario is long since retired from politics. >> Besides, as the ex-mayor of New York City, he knows you can get >> all the pr0n you need in stores in every district of the city, but good >> people don't shop there. Neither Mario nor Andrew are or ever were mayors of New York City. -- --- Paul J. Gans |