Near the end of June I won't have access to USENET anymore through
Roadrunner/Time Warner Cable (bastards are discontinuing that service)
and I was wondering what are/is the best free USENET server to use
through basic newsreaders such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Seamonkey for
example.

Thank You :)

zynteq7 wrote:

http://news.motzarella.org/

Thus spake Alexander Bartolich

http://news.albasani.net

Hail to the German-Austrian world domination and the dictatorship of
Marxist[1]/Lennonist[2] news servers.

[1] Sig quotes Groucho Marx.
[2] John of course

"zynteq7" angina.biz> wrote in message
news:485268d8$0$7050$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

Free news servers are a joke. They abuse their subscribers by doing one or
more of the following:

1) arbitrarily denying your free speech rights
2) having all sorts of stupid rules that put limits on how many times you
can post, etc.
3) harboring admins who are on a power trip and think they can be...

You'll have to ask Chuckcar about that one. Not only is he a free news
server sniffer when it comes to anything that's free he's more like a
bloodhound.

Alexander Bartolich wrote:

--
The 3, 2, 1 master of the CyberFROG

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Ray Banana wrote:

Can this server be set up for Port 80?

Thus spake "badgolferman" gmail.com>

I don't think so, but Alexander can tell you for sure.

"Tony" wrote in message
news:48527656.2264259E@TheDeli.Sandwich...

Isn't UpChuckcar one of those pale, obese Canadians? Down here in the
southern U.S. we are deluged by these obnoxious, rude cheapskates every
winter. Their idea of a tip for a good meal in a sit down restuarant is 25
cents. Some beaches have banned Speedo bathing suits because so many
walrus-looking Canadians were parading around in them that even the gay boys
were upchucking at the horror of the sight.

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:25:03 -0400, "Gregory Hall"
wrote:

I wondered how long it would be before you started blatantly
advertising here.

I wouldn't recommend Altopia for binaries. It's multi-party retention
period is only 9.6 days, see:
<https://www.altopia.com/retention/retention.html>.

I do agree that buying a block account is probably the best option for
some who's willing to pay and only reads text groups. However,
Octanews is a bit more pricey than others, and seems to be stuck in a
time-warp: no new updates for over a year. I guess that may simply
indicate it's been running perfectly during that time. :)

zynteq7 wrote:

I should have mentioned that my main use is for posting occasional
queries to 24hoursupport.helpdesk or the dell NG and reading occasional
fun and drama on AUK. I don't post alot and I don't read binaries.

That sums up my needs with USENET pretty much, nothing fancy.