Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

Thanks,
Carol, who is enjoying the warm fuzzies here

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

The best free one I've heard of is:

http://aioe.org/

I have no personal experience with it.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Default User" wrote in message
...
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

The best free one I've heard of is:

http://aioe.org/

I have no personal experience with it.

Brian


Click on one of my posts, and then click 'reply' and it will come up with
the one I use, something like motzarella. DH got this one for me after my
ISP dropped the groups, and I had used google to the point of frustration.

I can't tell you how to get it, though. It didn't look that simple to set
up; but you may be an ole' hand at the computer.
So far I have absolutely no fault with it. If you find no other, give it a
try.
Dee Dee

In article .com,
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

Thanks,
Carol, who is enjoying the warm fuzzies here

There is a good free usenet server that I use at work that I found by
googling. I'll write the name of it down tonight and get back to you. :-)
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Dee Dee wrote:


Click on one of my posts, and then click 'reply' and it will come up
with the one I use, something like motzarella. DH got this one for
me after my ISP dropped the groups, and I had used google to the
point of frustration.

I can't tell you how to get it, though. It didn't look that simple
to set up; but you may be an ole' hand at the computer. So far I
have absolutely no fault with it. If you find no other, give it a
try. Dee Dee

http://motzarella.org/



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message
oups.com...
Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

Thanks,
Carol, who is enjoying the warm fuzzies here


Assuming you are using OE to read Groups? Go to TOOLS/ACCOUNTS and set up a
new NEWS group using

nntp.aioe.org

As the server and put some fictitious address for yourself to stop spam

Has all the Groups you can want and allows both read and posts. I have been
using it for years

Frenchy

Dee Dee wrote:

"Default User" wrote in message
...
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They
said they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it
back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

The best free one I've heard of is:

http://aioe.org/

I have no personal experience with it.

Brian


Click on one of my posts, and then click 'reply' and it will come up
with the one I use, something like motzarella. DH got this one for me
after my ISP dropped the groups, and I had used google to the point of
frustration.

From what I have read, news.motzarella.org is more reliable than aioe.
I have both set up and use motzarella most days (it's not my primary
feed, however) and it's fine. I've read complaints of aioe being up and
down.


--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups.
Except in Thunderbird, which can't filter that well.
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

On Aug 10, 8:54 pm, "Default User" wrote:
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

The best free one I've heard of is:

http://aioe.org/

I have no personal experience with it.

Brian

THANK YOU! 4,500+ headers are downloading as we speak!

Smooches to everyone who helped!
Carol

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:01:37 -0700, Damsel in dis Dress
wrote:

Tried to access RFC with Agent, via Charter.net, and no go. They said
they dropped it about a month ago and will not be adding it back.

WHAT? Are they insane??? It's a "high activity" newsgroup according
to Google. Charter must be looking for an excuse to drop their news
servers due to lack of interest.

Does anyone know of an alternative to Google that's free?

Look up "free servers" and try them out. It's going to be hard to
find a free server that will let you read AND post.

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet..._News_Servers/

I'd try http://news.aioe.org/ first.


--

A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

"Steve Wertz" wrote in message
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On 11 Aug 2007 03:20:24 GMT, Blinky the Shark wrote:

From what I have read, news.motzarella.org is more reliable than aioe.
I have both set up and use motzarella most days (it's not my primary
feed, however) and it's fine. I've read complaints of aioe being up and
down.

Motzarella has a few problem the other day, but the outages are
rare and it wokrs well. Most of the free servers die after a
while, though. Or become pay servers - like individual.net.

I haven't even tried aioe yet, other than downloaded the groups
list.

-sw

What are the type of problems with Motzarella; just not being able to get on
or receive? I haven't notice any yet. Fingers crossed.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee wrote:


"Steve Wertz" wrote in message
...
On 11 Aug 2007 03:20:24 GMT, Blinky the Shark wrote:

From what I have read, news.motzarella.org is more reliable than aioe.
I have both set up and use motzarella most days (it's not my primary
feed, however) and it's fine. I've read complaints of aioe being up
and down.

Motzarella has a few problem the other day, but the outages are rare and
it wokrs well. Most of the free servers die after a while, though. Or
become pay servers - like individual.net.

I haven't even tried aioe yet, other than downloaded the groups list.

-sw

What are the type of problems with Motzarella; just not being able to get
on or receive? I haven't notice any yet. Fingers crossed. Dee Dee

You should be okay with Motzarella. I can't describe the outages Steve
mentioned because I've never seen one; but they would probably take one of
two forms: server's down for a bit, or the *route* between you and the
server has a hole. It's not always a site/server outage (this is not
limited to Usenet, I mean for any service) that shows up as a dead end;
sometimes there's a metaphorical roadblock between A and B. A
packet-switched network like the Internet is supposed to be able to adjust
to midpath blockage by routing traffic around it, but that doesn't always
happen, or at least it doesn't happen at the speed of light.


--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Steve Wertz wrote:

On 11 Aug 2007 03:20:24 GMT, Blinky the Shark wrote:

From what I have read, news.motzarella.org is more reliable than aioe. I
have both set up and use motzarella most days (it's not my primary feed,
however) and it's fine. I've read complaints of aioe being up and down.

Motzarella has a few problem the other day, but the outages are rare and
it wokrs well. Most of the free servers die after a while, though. Or
become pay servers - like individual.net.

I haven't even tried aioe yet, other than downloaded the groups list.

I use it once in a while, but too often to really have a read on it. My
note above was based on what I've read in newsgroups dedicated to news
server discussion. Just making that clear; I wasn't very specific before.

--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

"Dee Dee" wrote in message
...
What are the type of problems with Motzarella; just not being able to get
on or receive? I haven't notice any yet. Fingers crossed.
Dee Dee

news.individual.net $10 a year You can post from it too

Ophelia wrote:


"Dee Dee" wrote in message
...
What are the type of problems with Motzarella; just not being able
to get on or receive? I haven't notice any yet. Fingers crossed.
Dee Dee

news.individual.net $10 a year You can post from it too

Actually, 10 Euro/year. Currently about $14 or so.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Default User" wrote in message
...
Ophelia wrote:


"Dee Dee" wrote in message
...
What are the type of problems with Motzarella; just not being able
to get on or receive? I haven't notice any yet. Fingers crossed.
Dee Dee

news.individual.net $10 a year You can post from it too

Actually, 10 Euro/year. Currently about $14 or so.

Well about 4 weeks ago we paid $10!