Maybe that's why Google Groups is so friendly to spammers - they block
the spam from reaching their own users, even though Google Groups seems
to be the most frequently used newsgroups server for posting spam to the
rest of Usenet.
.
"Martin Jensen"
comcast.net> wrote in message
news:YvydnZ_k9-2SY1LVnZ2dnUVZ_h2dnZ2d@comcast.com...> Jerry, I use Outlook Express to handle my newsgroups through
> <
groups.google.com>. It keeps track of all messages read (non-bold type)
> and unread (bold type). To make the messages easier to read, Google up
> "OE Quote-fix" and install it; make a desktop or task-bar icon of OE with
> Quote-fix installed, and use that to start OE every time. Works great! I
> have had no spam as a result of using Google Groups.
>
> Martin Jensen
>
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>> On Sep 16, 11:14 am, Rune Allnor
wrote:>>> On 16 Sep, 16:57, Jerry Avins
ieee.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I
>>>> find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out
>>>> soon.
>>>
>>> There is always
groups.google.com. The downside is that you need
>>> a valid email address to register, and you can't scramble that
>>> address in post headers.
>>>
>>> Rune
>>
>> I posted that (and this) via Google, but I find it too hard to follow
>> a thread here. It doesn't keep track of what I've already read.
>>
>> Jerry
>
