On May 18, 5:56*pm, (Victor Sack) wrote:
> > wrote:
> > Sorry, off topic but I don't want google as my newsgroup server. *Used
> > to be in days gone by, I could just click on a newsgroup and
> > subscribe. *Google has way too much spam and I really don't like the
> > format! *e.
>
> <http://news.individual.net/> is probably the best maintained newsserver
> of them all and, on top of that, it filters out much of the spam. *You
> will need a newsreader, too. *Take a look around
> <http://www.newsreaders.com/win/clients.html> since your platform is
> Windows. *Dialog (which I use whenever I am unfortunate enough to have
> to use a Windows machine), Gravity, Xnews, and Agent are good enough
> newsreaders, considering the platform. *To do yourself and others a
> favour, consider using a newsreader with a GNKSA Seal of Approval:
> <http://www.newsreaders.com/gnksa/>.
>
> Victor

Thank you. Most servers (perhaps all now) don't offer the option of
Newsgroups anymore - took me a long time to figure that out!

I missed being able to access this cooking ng and didn't realize that
I had more options than Google. e.