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Old September 10th 06, 04:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
dan
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Is there a list of newsgroups other than MS public, that are
available to use without paying a fee ?


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Old September 10th 06, 04:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
MEB
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IS that a loaded question??

Ah, yeah, several thousand,, GOOGLE or MSN for them, or someone will direct
you to several master listing services I'm sure, just hang on for the
answers..

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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________

"dan" wrote in message
...
| Is there a list of newsgroups other than MS public, that are
| available to use without paying a fee ?
|
|


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Old September 10th 06, 05:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Ron Badour
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Does your ISP offer newsgroup access? If not, there are a couple of free
ones--use google.com to locate: free Usenet

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"dan" wrote in message
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Is there a list of newsgroups other than MS public, that are
available to use without paying a fee ?




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Old September 11th 06, 02:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
dan
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Usenet is not free. There's a charge: http://signup.usenet.com/signup.cfm

Any other recs. that have no service fees ? You know; similar to
msnews.microsoft.com ( no fee)....


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Old September 11th 06, 05:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
MEB
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Well, I made the mistake of answering so...

"dan" wrote in message
...
| Usenet is not free. There's a charge: http://signup.usenet.com/signup.cfm
|
| Any other recs. that have no service fees ? You know; similar to
| msnews.microsoft.com ( no fee)....
|
|

You can access many groups through Google itself. Pick-up a free mail
account, sign up for whatever groups you wish in Google Groups.

Beyond that (since you must not have Googled) here's 2 which may have what
you need (no recommendation, just the links):
http://freenews.maxbaud.net/
http://www.newsservers.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=9

Search for something like:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+news+servers



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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________


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Old September 11th 06, 08:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Franc Zabkar
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:08:57 -0400, "dan" put finger
to keyboard and composed:

Usenet is not free. There's a charge: http://signup.usenet.com/signup.cfm

Any other recs. that have no service fees ? You know; similar to
msnews.microsoft.com ( no fee)....


I'm not sure about your initial question, but it looks like you are
confusing Usenet and usenet.com. They are not the same. Usenet.com is
an organisation that provides access to Usenet via its news server,
news.usenet.com.

To illustrate this, try pinging news.usenet.com. You should see ...

Pinging fnews-east.usenet.com [38.119.97.92] with 32 bytes of data

The following FAQ explains "What is Usenet":
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/

================================================== ==================
Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of
a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by
subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these newsgroups by
people on computers with the appropriate software -- these articles
are then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide
variety of networks.
================================================== ==================

To answer your question regarding free news servers, you should first
ask if your own ISP provides this facility. Typically your ISP's news
server will have a name like news.your_ISP.com.

- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
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Old September 11th 06, 02:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
FlatOut
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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"


Meb,
been away for last week, am catching up on posts as I type.
I'm more interested in your 'links' and 'views' than Win98......
is there anyway we can talk?
Gekko


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Old September 12th 06, 04:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
MEB
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The whys and wherefores are explained on the site, though, as you've
specifically asked ...

"FlatOut" wrote in message
...
|
| MEB
| http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
| BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
| world"
|
| Meb,
| been away for last week, am catching up on posts as I type.
| I'm more interested in your 'links' and 'views' than Win98......
| is there anyway we can talk?
| Gekko
|
|

the answer would be no, other than the email address on site, and the
blog's comment area.
I stop into the site forum occasionally and may post something, but the
forum hasn't been used for much, so.. (created the forum in a discussion
with c_quirke; site never had one before that (actually it couldn't, as
there was an active case which could have been adversely effected by it)).
I always advise though, that the site AND the email address are registered
with the government and are likely (are) monitored. Most are deterred by
those facts.

The reasons are too many to discuss here, it is an improper forum to do so.
Moreover, the reasons and issues have already been discussed over the course
of 15 years via Fido and VPN, and a dozen or so email addresses that are now
dead, largely due to someone's wishes verses reality [e.g. fact verses
fiction; religious desire verses the real world]. Additionally, one would
necessarily have to include and consider the discussions since the late
60's.

On "the other side of midnight" though: the site IS used by state, local,
U.S., and international governments; courts; researchers, students; and
others..

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________



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Old September 13th 06, 04:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Gekko
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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"


huge mistake in replying to any of 'dans' posts, better left to terhune.

Meb, need to hook up, your views are similar to mine, truth is
the crux though.
give me a hoy if interested.
Gekko


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Old September 13th 06, 04:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Gekko
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The whys and wherefores are explained on the site, though, as you've
specifically asked ...


No fuss, I thought you were somone that was interested in truth only, I
was wrong.
Gekko

(dis-regard my other post tonight, I hadnt read this one prior to posting)


 




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