pltrgyst wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:58:08 GMT, "Gil Faver" > wrote:
>
>>> Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
>>> cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
>>> client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.
>
> Good advice.
>
>> can you offer a couple sugestions along these lines? Are any of these free?
>
> The newsreader (Thunderbird) included in the Firefox browser is s good choice.
> If you're a techie type, Gravity or xnews are good choices. I've used Agent (or
> FreeAgent) for many years.
>
> And the server at news.motzarella.org is free, if your ISP doesn't offer a news
> server (most ISPs do).
>
> HTH -- Larry

I use the Thunderbird newsreader and find it's just fine for my needs.
It has decent filtering properties.

For a news server, I've been with Astraweb. www.news.astraweb.com for 3
years. I bought their $10 25GB service and haven't even made a dent in
it. I don't do any binary groups so that $10 will be a lifetime supply
for me. I find their support to be quite good, too.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life