Re: [SLUG] new group server recommendations

[Sonam Chauhan <sonamc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Lake wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am at home at present for a week or so and need to subscribe to the
> text/tex newsgroup. Does anyone have a suggestion for a news server in
> oz that's not web based.
^^^ Oops forgot about your "In Oz" caveat. No, I don't know if there's a free 
NNTP server here. But I did use the foreign NNTP servers (in India) and
they worked great with Netscape news since it downloads the headers first 
(it's a customisable setting) and the articles later.

Give graphical newsreaders a try. tin and even pine work well enough if 
you want to stay in character mode.

If anyone runs a free nntp feed in Oz, especially over port 80, send me
a holler. :)

Regards,
Sonam

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