On 2023-11-18, Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/23 9:41 PM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>> If you just want text newsgroups, use news.individual.net, 10 Euros a
>> year, and they do try to filter SPAM.
>>
>> I've been using them since 2001(!!), when it was news.cis.dfn.de.  :-)
>
> I thought earlier that I'd seen a statement that people registering
> needed a German connection, but I can't find that now. I may have
> misread it. One of the payment options requires a German bank account,
> but PayPal is also an option.

That requirement went away when the service was no longer free, funded by
the university. When it was renamed anyone could sign up. It's the system
I have used for years without any significant issues. Customer-service (in
English) is excellent during office hours, I don't think it's 24Hr. Their
timezone is an hour ahead of the UK.

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Wigan

On 11/18/23 7:47 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

> However, I've been burned twice and may be out almost $100 if I can't
> get Astraweb's credit card charge voided. For now, Eternal September is
> still sometimes slow but good enough. I don't feel like taking more
> chances at the moment.

Update: Astraweb has agreed to refund my money. Of course, that's not
the same as seeing the refund on my credit card statement, but I'm hopeful.

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In article <r3sm2k-706.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>,
Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
>I'm not German, although my surname is, (and my father was), they were
>amused when I registered. :-)

[Hal Heydt]
For me, that'd have to go back to a great-grandfather, Carl Otto
Heydt. Apparently he left because he didn't want to get drafted
to fight in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
> On 11/7/23 6:24 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
>> I've been using Eternal September as my Usenet provider out of sheer
>> inertia. It's clearly dying, though, becoming more like Eternal Wait.
>> Sometimes it takes several tries to load a message.
>>
>
> My search for other providers has been a nightmare. First I signed up
> with Astraweb. I immediately got a message saying my account had been
> cancelled. It appeared to work anyway. However, I got errors trying to
> post, saying posting wasn't allowed on my server. A search indicates
> that's the usual state of affairs with Astraweb. I explicitly cancelled
> my account. Nonetheless, they charged my credit card for their worthless
> service and my account still showed as active this morning. I cancelled
> again and told them to remove the charge.
>
> Pureusenet was no better. Again, I couldn't post. I contacted support
> and was told I had to select a deeply-buried option to be able to post.
> I went to the indicated page and was told I couldn't enable posting
> because I didn't have a paid account, although I had signed up and given
> my credit card information. I replied to the support email explaining
> this problem. It's been 24 hours with no response. I cancelled the
> account. So far I haven't seen a charge from Pureusenet on my credit card.
>
> This is very disturbing. How can two providers that come with
> recommendations stay in business offering a service whose restrictions
> make it completely worthless?

I've had no issues with Astraweb.
I also use https://usenet-news.net/
I bought blocks on each over 10 years ago and haven't had to add since then.
I can't comment on either's responsiveness...I'm using INN and pullnews on a
local Linux server.

Robert
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Eternal September is working for me (now that I got reconnected).

On the other hand, recent versions of Thunderbird have been shredding
entirely too much of my mail, including entangling messages and headers.
I'm seeing that behavior in Lee's response in this thread. So if you're
using T'bird, it may be time to give up on it.

I haven't quite pulled the plug on that yet. Close, though.

On 2/3/24 3:51 PM, Joe Kesselman wrote:
> Eternal September is working for me (now that I got reconnected).
>
> On the other hand, recent versions of Thunderbird have been shredding
> entirely too much of my mail, including entangling messages and headers.
> I'm seeing that behavior in Lee's response in this thread. So if you're
> using T'bird, it may be time to give up on it.
>
> I haven't quite pulled the plug on that yet. Close, though.

I haven't had any problems with Thunderbird email. If you favor plain
text email (which I know you, Joe, do), what might be an alternative?
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, Joe Kesselman wrote:

> Eternal September is working for me (now that I got reconnected).
>
> On the other hand, recent versions of Thunderbird have been shredding
> entirely too much of my mail, including entangling messages and headers. I'm
> seeing that behavior in Lee's response in this thread. So if you're using
> T'bird, it may be time to give up on it.
>
> I haven't quite pulled the plug on that yet. Close, though.
>

I recommend alpine for email and news. For only news tin looks quite
alright.

On 11/16/2023 6:24 AM, Rafe Culpin wrote:
> My search hasn't been going well, but just this morning I changed the
> server I'm using on Eternal September to news.eternal-september.org ,
> and it's working much better. I hadn't updated the server name in years,
> so I was probably accessing some old machine of theirs which they'd
> nearly forgotten they still have.

Moving to reader.eternal-september.org did it for me. YMMV....

On Sun, 04 Feb 2024 12:16:08 +0100, D wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, Joe Kesselman wrote:
>
>> Eternal September is working for me (now that I got reconnected).
>>
>> On the other hand, recent versions of Thunderbird have been shredding
>> entirely too much of my mail, including entangling messages and
>> headers. I'm seeing that behavior in Lee's response in this thread. So
>> if you're using T'bird, it may be time to give up on it.
>>
>> I haven't quite pulled the plug on that yet. Close, though.
>>
>>
> I recommend alpine for email and news. For only news tin looks quite
> alright.

I am now using the PAN usenet news reader.. If you read this it's working
on Windows 10.... Used to use Google Groups but alas they Discontinued
Usenet.

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On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:50:55 -0000 (UTC), John Davis <wa8yxm@arrl.net>
wrote:

>If you read this it's working
>on Windows 10.

It seems to be working.
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In article <ur5gmf$3adi4$1@dont-email.me>, John Davis <wa8yxm@arrl.net> wrote:
>I am now using the PAN usenet news reader.. If you read this it's working
>on Windows 10.... Used to use Google Groups but alas they Discontinued
>Usenet.

Looks just fine. Notice how much less spam there is!
--scott
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In article <ur5gmf$3adi4$1@dont-email.me>, John Davis <wa8yxm@arrl.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Feb 2024 12:16:08 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, Joe Kesselman wrote:
>>
>>> Eternal September is working for me (now that I got reconnected).
>>>
>>> On the other hand, recent versions of Thunderbird have been shredding
>>> entirely too much of my mail, including entangling messages and
>>> headers. I'm seeing that behavior in Lee's response in this thread. So
>>> if you're using T'bird, it may be time to give up on it.
>>>
>>> I haven't quite pulled the plug on that yet. Close, though.
>>>
>>>
>> I recommend alpine for email and news. For only news tin looks quite
>> alright.
>
>I am now using the PAN usenet news reader.. If you read this it's working
>on Windows 10.... Used to use Google Groups but alas they Discontinued
>Usenet.
>

Yay!

>
>
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>
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In article <cdncti5d66vhl2h761m098roqkvabmhirc@4ax.com>,
Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:50:55 -0000 (UTC), John Davis <wa8yxm@arrl.net>
>wrote:
>
>>If you read this it's working
>>on Windows 10.
>
>It seems to be working.

Yay!
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>
>Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.
>
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>
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In article <ur5qns$3kt$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <ur5gmf$3adi4$1@dont-email.me>, John Davis <wa8yxm@arrl.net> wrote:
>>I am now using the PAN usenet news reader.. If you read this it's working
>>on Windows 10.... Used to use Google Groups but alas they Discontinued
>>Usenet.
>
>Looks just fine. Notice how much less spam there is!
>--scott

YaY!!

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