On Apr 23, 3:15 pm, Steve Calvin wrote:
you don't get email service for free through your ISP?

Yeah but... I like to peruse my mail while at work (at lunch, of
course), however they block the nntp port to hit my free news server,
which is why I fall back on Google Groups. My provider (Wide Open
West) doesn't provide a web interface to the groups.

--Jeff