On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 01:34:15 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote: <snipped a quoted portion of what I had previously written>
> That free Berlin newsserver is news.cis.dfn.de (correcting the typo), and > information can be obtained by http://news.cis.dfn.de/ You can request an > account, they send your user name and password by return email, there is no > charge. No binary newsgroups. Thanks for correcting my typo and providing the additional info. <snip> > Does neandertech.com really have local dialup numbers throughout the USA and > Canada, for both shell and PPP access? Does anybody have favorable experience > with newsgroup access on a shell account? What about email access when one is > on one or more busy lists? Yes, there are local dialup numbers nearly everywhere in the US and Canada. It appears that all the local dialup numbers are for PPP access only. I have always had very favorable experience with newsgroup access by using PINE on my shell accounts at "sdf.lonestar.org" and at "neandertech.com" I have never tried using my shell accounts for dealing with mailing lists. For doing mailing lists I always use the email address provided by my ISP. Email access for doing ordinary private correspondence works just fine with both of my shell accounts. BTW, FTP has not yet been installed for my shell account at "neandertech.com". Tech support says that ftp will be installed very soon. I'll let you guys know when they have FTP working there. FTP works fine for my shell account at "sdf.lonestar.org". In order to have FTP privileges there one must become an ARPA member. Lifetime membership is $36. I forgot what ARPA stands for. All I know about the organization is that being a member lets one have more privileges at "sdf.lonestar.org". Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
