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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / September 2008Comcast Dropping Usenet
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Are you able to post through Google? > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Yes, you can search, read and post via Google... might be a little more hassle, but not all that bad, and it's free. http://groups.google.com Many people now use Google as their only access to the newsgroups. Good Luck! Erik >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Erik Actually, it *is* all that bad. There's plenty of other alternatives.  Signature"Don't argue what you don't understand" - Johnny Rebel Time Warner did the same thing. I told their door-to-door rep that as a result, I would never open an account with them. Also emailed the CEO to let them know they lost a potential customer. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. Again... Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well as Comcast with your Outlook Express. dwight I use news.motzarella.org when embarq drobbed their news server and it works well. Mark >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > dwight >> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > newsgroup account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just > as well as Comcast with your Outlook Express. Thanks for the link. What is the Outgoing Server SMTP setting for this server? I didn't see it listed anywhere. > Thanks for the link. What is the Outgoing Server SMTP setting for this > server? I didn't see it listed anywhere. Just use your ISP's SMTP server (same as for email) >> Thanks for the link. What is the Outgoing Server SMTP setting for >> this server? I didn't see it listed anywhere. > > Just use your ISP's SMTP server (same as for email) Thanks! >>> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thanks for the link. What is the Outgoing Server SMTP setting for this > server? I didn't see it listed anywhere. SMTP is outgoing email. You'd use whatever SMTP you have been like smtp.erols.com. The only time the SMTP will be used is if you reply to all or reply to sender only instead of reply to group. Signature"Don't argue what you don't understand" - Johnny Rebel Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup > account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well as > Comcast with your Outlook Express. I tried to use Motzarella, but the only newsgroups that show up on the list in my Outlook, are the 12 that are also listed at their site (motzarella and posenet groups....info, grouprequests, new users, etc.) > Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup > > account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > in my Outlook, are the 12 that are also listed at their site (motzarella and > posenet groups....info, grouprequests, new users, etc.) You have to setup an account/password, and login. "nospam" <a@b.c> wrote in message > You have to setup an account/password, and login. Yes, I did that before I ever opened the account in Outlook. Do you mean that I have to be logged into the website at the same time I have Outlook open? I figured out the problem. Thanks for the help. I had the "secure authentication" box checkmarked and it was keeping me from downloading the group list. After unchecking it, Outlook was able to connect. > "nospam" <a@b.c> wrote in message > You have to setup an account/password, > and login. > > Yes, I did that before I ever opened the account in Outlook. Do you mean > that I have to be logged into the website at the same time I have Outlook > open? >> Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup >>> account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well as [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > You have to setup an account/password, and login. HAH! AIOE requires no such set up. :-p Signature"Don't argue what you don't understand" - Johnny Rebel >>> Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup >>>> account. You don't have to miss a thing, and it will work just as well [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > HAH! AIOE requires no such set up. :-p It's no big deal. It's a very simple Level One registration. Serves only to keep out the automatons and ensure that the registrant is a human-type user. dwight > Go to motzarella.org and get yourself set up with a free newsgroup account. > I tried to use Motzarella, but the only newsgroups that show up on the list > in my Outlook, are the 12 that are also listed at their site (motzarella and > posenet groups....info, grouprequests, new users, etc.) Did you register? http://news.motzarella.org/index.php?showpage=faq#Login-No-Auth ---- I can only see the hierarchies motzarella.* and posenet.* .. These hierarchies are open for reading and posting without registration. You have .. either forgotten to configure your client to use your username and password or the .. client does not send the user data, as it assumes they are not required. Did you set Outlook to use authentication, and "refresh " the full list of groups? http://news.motzarella.org/index.php?showpage=faq#RefreshGroupList ---- I have now set up my news client to use authentication and I still don't see all newsgroups .. Motzarella allows posting to a limited number of groups, without authentication. .. When the news reader first connects, it gets a list of groups it is allowed to .. see/post to. From this point on, the news readers only asks for a list of new .. groups, when it connects. .. Once you set the news reader to always authenticate, and give it the correct .. username/password, the rest of the groups will be allowed, but as they are not .. new groups from the server's point of view, they will not be listed in the list of .. "new groups". The only way to get the rest of the groups, is to force the news .. reader to get the full list of groups again, after the authentication has been setup. > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ > > I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most. > > Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years. You ought to drop a note to the idiots in Albany. |
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