[Users] [SOLVED] Re: news reader

[Dave Howorth]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:43:05 -0400
Leon Fisk <lfiskgr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:32:40 +0100
> Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> >> On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:20:42 +0100
> >> Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hello Dave,
> >>     
> > [...]    
> >> 
> >> The only one you need to receive news is an Account with a
> >> Protocol of type NNTP. Select the relevant protocol, populate the
> >> newsserver box with the name of your desired server, and enter
> >> username and password.    
> >
> >news server. username and password? I thought newsgroups were public?
> >  
> >> Go to your newly created account, right click and select Subscribe
> >> to newsgroup.  You'll get a list of groups.    
> >
> >I don't :( I get "Can't retrieve newsgroup list."  
> 
> Yeah, sorta public but you need a provider to link with. In the old
> days most ISP's provided Usenet with their service. Not so much
> anymore. My ISP dropped Usenet several years ago. There are a few free
> providers but you still need to sign up with them. As you can see in
> the screen shot in my other post/answer I'm using Eternal September.
> You can sign up with them if you wish here:
> 
> http://www.eternal-september.org/
> 
> You won't get anywhere until you have a provider/account set up :)

Thanks Leon. I understand what you're saying but its not applicable for
what I want. What did help was the screenshot in your other mail,
showing the syntax required for the server.