On 30 Apr 00, at 15:10, Sukrit wrote:
> I'm in Bhubaneswar and want to subscribe to alt.poetry/or anyother for
> that matter...
It does not matter where u are, if you are on the internet, then you
sure can have access to Usenet!!
> a.My ISP is satyam and I don't know if they have a news sever. I don't
> think so. I called up their customer support but the person at the help
> desk didn't have a clue.
Well, Satyam does'nt have a news server. So you will have to look for
a public news server that allows you all the facilities of
usenetting. Check out this url <www.newzbot.com> for a list of
servers that are sorted by speed. I think <news.buzzardnews.com> is
fast(er) than the VSNL news server, but it does not allow posting.
You can get all the details from the site anyway!!
ASking the chaps at the BBSR help desk is a pain, they'll point out
most things pertaining to Win98 based connections, but when you tell
them that even Outlook Express has support for newsgroups, you'll be
met with a blank.
> b. I am a member of dejanews.... But the messages never come to my
> satyam mail even though I gave them my email address.
If you subscribed to some group like alt.poetry from Deja and are
getting no messages, i have doubts about the traffic in the group...
And yes, you are probably better off using usenet readers like krn
while starting out, later try Gnus
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