Re: Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[GerardJan]

DoctorBill wrote:

In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !

Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long time ago.

I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found that there is 
a Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on "www.w7forums.com/".


Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I access 
thru my SM Mail ?


If so, I have NO CLUE how to set it up (account?).

Most highly confused DoctorBill




you need to have a provider like www.xs4all.nl (i don't)

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Re: Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[chicagofan]

DoctorBill wrote:

In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !

Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long 
time ago.


I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found 
that there is a Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on 
"www.w7forums.com/".


Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I 
access thru my SM Mail ?


I would say exactly.  :)  I've subscribed to it for years through 
eternal-september.org.  As others have described for you, it's simple to 
set up.

bj



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Re: Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[njoracle]

DoctorBill wrote:
> In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !
> 
> Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long time 
> ago.
> 
> I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found that there 
> is
> a Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on "www.w7forums.com/".
> 
> Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I access
> thru my SM Mail ?
> 
> If so, I have NO CLUE how to set it up (account?).
> 
> Most highly confused DoctorBill
> 
> 
> 
I would agree that news.eternal-september.org would be a good choice for
subscribing to newsgroups. To set it up, you can follow the instructions shown 
here:

http://ilias.ca/moznewsgroups-sm

for how to set up the newsgroup account for news.mozilla.org. However, wherever
you see news.mozilla.org in the above instruction, just replace it with
news.eternal-september.org

Please note that in order to use news.eternal-september.org, you will first have
to register but it is all free. The link for registration is here:
https://www.eternal-september.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en
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Re: Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[Richmond]

DoctorBill  writes:

> In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !
>
> Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long time
> ago.
>
> I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found that there
> is a Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on "www.w7forums.com/".
>
> Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I access
> thru my SM Mail ?
>
> If so, I have NO CLUE how to set it up (account?).
>
> Most highly confused DoctorBill

You can post with out an account if you use news.aioe.org as your
server.

You go to account settings, add account, newsgroup account. Put
news.aioe.org (or eternal-september if you prefer). You can have
more than one, so no need to drop mozilla.
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Re: Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[Paul in Houston, TX]

DoctorBill wrote:

In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !

Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long time ago.

I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found that there 
is a
Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on "www.w7forums.com/".

Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I access 
thru my SM
Mail ?

If so, I have NO CLUE how to set it up (account?).

Most highly confused DoctorBill


You will have to sign up for a different NNTP server.
I suggest:
https://www.eternal-september.org/
IMO, that is the best free one.
They will require registration and password.
Go there and read what is on their web page.
Alt.windows7.general is an active NG.

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Off Topic Question about Newsgroup Accounts

[DoctorBill]

In total ignorance - I ask here as I don't know where to ask !

Somehow I got into this Mozilla newsgroup - can't remember how - long 
time ago.


I want to ask questions about Windows 7 and when googling, I found that 
there is a Newsgroup called "alt.windows7.general" - found on 
"www.w7forums.com/".


Is that Newsgroup anything like THIS news group (Mozilla.org) which I 
access thru my SM Mail ?


If so, I have NO CLUE how to set it up (account?).

Most highly confused DoctorBill



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