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If you do not have access to a Usenet news service, you can access it via Google Groups: See also the RGG FAQ on SL. Fhayashi: Like many Usenet newsgroups, seems to be mostly flamewars. Tamsin: Real discussions do take place there, but there are several characters who spoil the fun, of whom one is particularly infamous. I probably shouldn't name him here but regular visitors to r.g.g. will know exactly who I mean and newbies will soon find out. mgoetze: Fortunately, he's very easy to killfile as he always posts from the same hotmail address. Tamsin: Is it possible to killfile if you are accessing newsgroups via Google? mgoetze: Well, uhm, I dunno. I would never do something like that, you know. ;) You won't even see posts marked "X-No-Archive: Yes". I really can't recommend reading Usenet with anything other than a proper newsreader such as tin. Hu: Excellent suggestion, Tamsin. I suggest you e-mail Google Labs. They would like to hear about things like this. If they are already be working on it they would welcome the support. Blake: Well, the problem is that google isn't intended as a news server, really. Granted, it is possible to use it that way, but that's not what it was designed for. It's an archive, just as DejaNews was (That's why X-No-Archive makes posts invisible in Google Groups). If you want full-featured USENET browsing, you'll need an NNTP server and a capable newsreader such as slrn or tin. You can find NNTP servers for low fees ($5 or so a month), plus there are always a few free ones (though their group propagation is fairly poor). Your ISP probably offers one, as well; try setting the 'server' portion of your client's configuration to news.myisp.com, or somesuch.
mgoetze: news.cis.dfn.de is an excellent server and free to anyone who asks. I'm not sure whether you have to ask in German though. ;) IIRC, their website is
mgoetze: In fact it seems that news.cis.dfn.de is no longer available to the general public (haha! I feel so lucky), but that the same server is available under a different name and even in English - Of interest:
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