Does anyone have the URL for s.a.a.----Thanks for reading.
Need URL
Started by Frank Endres, 09/23/2002 03:22PM
Posted 09/23/2002 03:22PM
Opening Post
Posted 09/24/2002 09:10AM
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Well you can use Google, but that isn't the best way. sci.astro.amateur is a Usenet group. You ISP probably has news servers that carry Usenet groups. The ones provided by ISPs vary from fair to awful in my experience. I have an account with Supernews, and there are other external news services that provide similar access. They will have NNTP servers that carry more groups and keep messages a lot longer. Google is fine to check out Usenet and see if you like it and if there are groups you are interested in, but it is slow and clumsy compared to "real" Usenet access.
Check your ISP's home page for information on their news servers. Both Microsoft Outlook Express and Netscape have newsreaders and the information on your ISP's page should tell you how to set them up. If you like Usenet but the servers are not very good, try an external news hosting company like Supernews:
http://www.supernews.com/
There are many dedicated newsreader programs which, depending on your needs and tastes, you may like better than OE or Netscape. Forte makes two popular ones, their free "Free Agent" and commercial Agent:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
Check your ISP's home page for information on their news servers. Both Microsoft Outlook Express and Netscape have newsreaders and the information on your ISP's page should tell you how to set them up. If you like Usenet but the servers are not very good, try an external news hosting company like Supernews:
http://www.supernews.com/
There are many dedicated newsreader programs which, depending on your needs and tastes, you may like better than OE or Netscape. Forte makes two popular ones, their free "Free Agent" and commercial Agent:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
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