Glen Turner wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Mike Lake wrote: > > The news server here at the Uni of Technology, Sydney no longer seems to be > > operational (news.uts.edu.au). I have not been able to find out why or who > > looks after it so I am looking for another source of news for comp.text.tex > > (no not alt.bins). I tried news.unsw.edu.au and it told me that it wasn't > > going to talk to me but at least it said hello unlike the one here at uts. > > The news server at Syd Uni only has one newsgroup for societies. Google > > shows lots of servers but I wanted to use one in Australia and pref from a > > uni as uts would pay less. Anyone use one regularly and know one that is up? > > I dont want a web based one, they suck :-) > > Hi Mike, > > All computers on the Australian Academic and Research Network (which > includes UTS) can use the Optus news server at news.optus.net.au. This > has about 35,000 newgroups. Let me know if comp.text.tex is not amoung > them.
Thanks heaps. Yes it works fine, I can now read and contribute to tex again. Google would not have been able to tell me that optus is an appropriate server to use for unis in Aust, perhaps one day when it has AI it may be able to do so. In the mean time thanks. Best wishes Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Lake University of Technology, Sydney Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628 Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical. -------------------------------------------------------------------- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ===================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ===================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
