RE: [smartBridges] OFF-TOPIC newsgroups

[Kevin Proctor]

Title: RE: [smartBridges] WEP encryption

Newsgroups are K3WL!  Have him sign up with Supernews or one of the other subscription servers.  You do not have the time or storage space to handle the 400+ gigs of daily newsgroup postings and still have any kind of message retention.   Newsgroups operate kind of like this list, except the messages are stored on a server that users can access.  NNTP is the protocol used and it requires a reader or client like Outlook Express or Agent to access and read the messages.   The big ISP’s have newsgroup servers, but a small ISP just can’t keep up with 40,000+ newsgroups, the related storage space and the bandwidth required to handle it all.   Kevin B. Proctor Customer Service Internet and International Orders Electro Comm Distributing Inc 5015 Paris St Denver CO 90239 USA   Phone: +1-303-371-8182                 800-525-0173 FAX:    +1-303-371-8158                 800-423-8018 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sevak Avakians Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] OFF-TOPIC newsgroups   Sorry for posting this here, but I thought you people would know more about it. A customer of mine keeps asking for a newsgroup server name.  I've never used newsgroups nor know how they work, but apparently his last ISP had a newsgroup server he used.  I've found some names of free newsgroup servers on a google search, but don't know what to tell him so that he can use it. Anyone know about this? Thanks, Sevak