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From: Ken Blake, MVP on 25 Jun 2010 01:01
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:34:00 +0930, Eddie <albert(a)greenacres.far>
wrote:

> David Li wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
> >
> > After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
> > missing in the taskbar.
> >
> > The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
> > up windows.
> >
> > Internet connection is working btw.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
>
>
>
> Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
> 50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)




Very few ISPs these days provide newsgroups. You generally need to get
them from another supplier. Some news servers are free, others charge
a small fee. News.eternal-september.org is a good free one.


> If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
> if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.


What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
favorite newsreader is Fort� Agent, but I don't think anyone should
just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
and choose whichever one best suits him.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: Eddie on 26 Jun 2010 05:42

> What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
> and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
> favorite newsreader is Fort� Agent, but I don't think anyone should
> just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
> and choose whichever one best suits him.
>


I agree. Personally I have 'Agent, Tbird, Xnews, o/e, and couple of
others; I also have a pay server which I get for free; its got about
120,000 groups.(binaries included and a 6month retention.)

As for isp's, I guess I'm just lucky mine actually supplies, including
binaries.

Ed

From: Billns on 26 Jun 2010 17:18
On 6/24/2010 8:04 PM, Eddie wrote:
> David Li wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>
>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>> missing in the taskbar.
>>
>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the
>> pop up windows.
>>
>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David
>
>
>
> Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
> 50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)
>
> If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
> if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.
>
> Ed

Teranews isn't quite free. You have to register and pay a one-time
access fee. After that you can download up to 50 mb of data every day
with no extra charge. Binary groups are supported. Retention is about
four months. You can upgrade to a pay plan if you need more than this
limit. I've been using it happily for several years.

My ISP discontinued .alt newsgroups over a year ago and all newsgroups
shortly thereafter.

Bill
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