I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.

Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
use with Agent?

Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
will see my request for help?

Thanks so much!
Carol

In article
>,
wrote:

> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> use with Agent?
>
> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> will see my request for help?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Carol

I'll follow up for you. :-)

But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
free news service!
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet wrote on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:59:38 -0600:

>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can
>> download headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my
>> posts aren't going out. One managed to escape this morning,
>> but the rest are sitting in the Outbox, getting cold and
>> lonely. Charter is blaming my newsreader. I don't think the
>> problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke)
>> that I can use with Agent?
>>
>> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the
>> google-blockers will see my request for help?
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Carol

> I'll follow up for you. :-)

> But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you
> with a free news service!

news.motzarella.org is free with registration and usually quite
responsive. Note the spelling; it's *not* a cheese :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

> wrote in message
...
> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> use with Agent?
>
> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> will see my request for help?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Carol

Consider it done Carol,

When Comcast made the decision to dump Usenet I switched to
usenetmonster.com. It does cost $2.95 month. However, I can read and post
to the binary groups.

Chris

On Jan 5, 12:59*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> wrote:
> > I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. *I can download
> > headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> > out. *One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> > the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. *Charter is blaming my
> > newsreader. *I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> > Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> > use with Agent?
>
> > Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> > will see my request for help?
>
> > Thanks so much!
> > Carol
>
> I'll follow up for you. :-)
>
> But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
> free news service!

Blonde moment here. It never occured to me to ask Crash if his
Ultrafeed account could be used on my computer. So now I'm
downloading through Ultrafeed, but still can't post. I'm wondering if
this is a sign from God.

Carol

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:30 -0800, carol.56007 wrote:

> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download headers
> and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going out. One
> managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in the Outbox,
> getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my newsreader. I don't
> think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> use with Agent?
>
> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> will see my request for help?

www.tornevall.net
news.tornevall.net

http://www.cnntp.org
Server: news.cnntp.org


--
"Some days we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays"
Patty and Selma Bouvier, 1996

wrote:

> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> use with Agent?

Register he it's free for reading/posting - for text-based
newsgroups. If you want binaries, ya gotta pay.

http://www.motzarella.org

>
> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> will see my request for help?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Carol

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Jan 5, 1:12*pm, wrote:
> On Jan 5, 12:59*pm, Omelet > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article
> > >,
>
> > wrote:
> > > I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. *I can download
> > > headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> > > out. *One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> > > the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. *Charter is blaming my
> > > newsreader. *I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> > > Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> > > use with Agent?
>
> > > Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> > > will see my request for help?
>
> > > Thanks so much!
> > > Carol
>
> > I'll follow up for you. :-)
>
> > But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
> > free news service!
>
> Blonde moment here. *It never occured to me to ask Crash if his
> Ultrafeed account could be used on my computer. *So now I'm
> downloading through Ultrafeed, but still can't post. *I'm wondering if
> this is a sign from God.

Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
decide not to send messages?

Carol

wrote:
> On Jan 5, 1:12 pm, wrote:
>> On Jan 5, 12:59 pm, Omelet > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
>>>> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
>>>> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
>>>> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
>>>> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>>>> use with Agent?
>>>> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
>>>> will see my request for help?
>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>> Carol
>>> I'll follow up for you. :-)
>>> But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
>>> free news service!
>> Blonde moment here. It never occured to me to ask Crash if his
>> Ultrafeed account could be used on my computer. So now I'm
>> downloading through Ultrafeed, but still can't post. I'm wondering if
>> this is a sign from God.
>
> Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
> decide not to send messages?
>
> Carol


I recall back when I used Agent having difficulty sending messages at
first. I think it was an outgoing server issue but I don't really
recall. Having a blonde moment of my own!

-Tracy
using motzarella and thunderbird. Not perfect, but works for me.

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>
>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
>> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
>> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
>> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
>> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>> use with Agent?
>
> Register he it's free for reading/posting - for text-based
> newsgroups. If you want binaries, ya gotta pay.
>
> http://www.motzarella.org

Porn should be free.

Paul

wrote:

> Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
> decide not to send messages?

Not an Agent user myself... but I seem to recall you said you were using
a trialware version of Agent? If that's the case then it's quite
possible that it would 'just suddenly decide not to send messages'
after the trial period was up.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

> wrote

> Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
decide not to send messages?

YES.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:02:08 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Omelet wrote on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:59:38 -0600:
>
>>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can
>>> download headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my
>>> posts aren't going out. One managed to escape this morning,
>>> but the rest are sitting in the Outbox, getting cold and
>>> lonely. Charter is blaming my newsreader. I don't think the
>>> problem lies with Agent, myself.

Bummer!

I had a similar problem, but it was because I had not properly
tweaked Agent 5.0/1170 and my messages were not showing
up in the Sent folder. Seems to be working now. (XX)

NEWS: I subscribe both to Verizon and Earthlink(Giganews).
Verizon no longer has *any* alt.* newsgroups. Zip. Zero!
Nada. Nyetski! Nichts! They are gone! Weg!

Seems NY AG was interested in blocking some 88 alt.*
groups which were (at least potentially) subject to
posting and downloading of questionable binaries. Verizon
untied the Gordian know as Alexander did.... He destroyed
it. The have now dropped all alt.* groups regardless of
content. Sorry, you guys,

alt.food.recipes
alt.food.cajun
alt.food.mexican cooking
alt.food.*
alt.binaries.food.*

are all listed in my newsclient. Lucky for me, all are
still on Giganews.

Es tut mir leid, Mensch.

Alex

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>
>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
>> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
>> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
>> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
>> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>> use with Agent?
>
> Register he it's free for reading/posting - for text-based
> newsgroups. If you want binaries, ya gotta pay.
>
> http://www.motzarella.org
>
>>
I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will keep it
though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how much
you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it up
quick.

Debbie

Debbie wrote:

> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will
> keep it
> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how
> much
> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it up
> quick.

Interesting. Which free service might that be?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
>>> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
>>> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
>>> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
>>> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>>> use with Agent?
>>
>> Register he it's free for reading/posting - for text-based
>> newsgroups. If you want binaries, ya gotta pay.
>>
>> http://www.motzarella.org
>
> Porn should be free.
>

No, Paul. It should be free for everyone but you.

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> Debbie wrote:
>
>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will
>> keep it
>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how
>> much
>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it up
>> quick.
>
> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
> --
Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.

Debbie

Debbie wrote:

>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Debbie wrote:
>>
>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will
>>> keep it
>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how
>>> much
>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it
>>> up quick.
>>
>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
>> --
> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
>
> Debbie

Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to the
group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e. the
pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through this one
before, BTW.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> Debbie wrote:
>
>>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>
>>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will
>>>> keep it
>>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how
>>>> much
>>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it
>>>> up quick.
>>>
>>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
>>> --
>> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
>>
>> Debbie
>
> Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to the
> group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e. the
> pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through this one
> before, BTW.
> --

I just added it 2 days ago. I haven't had many pics today or yesterday, but
the first day I subscribed to it I got a bunch.

Debbie

Debbie wrote:

>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Debbie wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I
>>>>> will keep it
>>>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on
>>>>> how much
>>>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat
>>>>> it up quick.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
>>>> --
>>> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
>>>
>>> Debbie
>>
>> Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to
>> the group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e.
>> the pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through
>> this one before, BTW.
>> --
>
> I just added it 2 days ago. I haven't had many pics today or
> yesterday, but the first day I subscribed to it I got a bunch.
>
> Debbie

Really? Good to hear that.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Chris Marksberry wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> > headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> > out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> > the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> > newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> > use with Agent?
> >
> > Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> > will see my request for help?
> >
> > Thanks so much!
> > Carol
>
> Consider it done Carol,
>
> When Comcast made the decision to dump Usenet I switched to
> usenetmonster.com. It does cost $2.95 month. However, I can read and post
> to the binary groups.
>
> Chris

I use usenetmonster.com as well and it does well for the $2.95/mo with
no group limitations and even response from support when I had an issue.
The rollover of unused GB each month ensures I'll never go over quota.

$2.95/mo isn't free, but it's pretty close and I don't believe there are
any free options if you want binary groups as well i.e.
alt.binaries.food. I think there are other servers where you can buy a
block of GB up front.

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:00:14 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>
>Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
>decide not to send messages?
>
>Carol

I suppose it could happen. Have you checked the "servers and
accounts" settings in "tools"?
--
modom

ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

Debbie wrote:
>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> >> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> >> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> >> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> >> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> >> use with Agent?
> >
> > Register he it's free for reading/posting - for text-based
> > newsgroups. If you want binaries, ya gotta pay.
> >
> > http://www.motzarella.org
> >
> >>
> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I will keep it
> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on how much
> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat it up
> quick.
>
> Debbie

Someone else noted that it isn't the real binary group you get, but on
the amount of GB binary groups eat up, the answer is "very little".
Unless you're into downloading pirated HD movies and such it's not an
issue, a binary group like A.B.F. uses very little of your quota.

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> Debbie wrote:
>
> >
> > "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Debbie wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> Debbie wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I
> >>>>> will keep it
> >>>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on
> >>>>> how much
> >>>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat
> >>>>> it up quick.
> >>>>
> >>>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
> >>>> --
> >>> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
> >>>
> >>> Debbie
> >>
> >> Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to
> >> the group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e.
> >> the pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through
> >> this one before, BTW.
> >> --
> >
> > I just added it 2 days ago. I haven't had many pics today or
> > yesterday, but the first day I subscribed to it I got a bunch.
> >
> > Debbie
>
> Really? Good to hear that.
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

There are like 8 or so posts in a.b.f. from Sun and Mon so far (not
counting replies), so if you didn't get 'em...

ChattyCathy wrote:

> Debbie wrote:
>
>>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I
>>>>>> will keep it
>>>>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on
>>>>>> how much
>>>>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat
>>>>>> it up quick.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
>>>>> --
>>>> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
>>>>
>>>> Debbie
>>>
>>> Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to
>>> the group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e.
>>> the pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through
>>> this one before, BTW.
>>> --
>>
>> I just added it 2 days ago. I haven't had many pics today or
>> yesterday, but the first day I subscribed to it I got a bunch.
>>
>> Debbie
>
> Really? Good to hear that.

<sorry to be so crass as to follow up on my own post but...>

Forgot to ask - so which 'bunch' of pictures did you get exactly?

http://www.motzarella.org/

<quote>
news.motzarella.org provides free read and write access to all *text*
newsgroups.
</quote>

Unless you're referring to another motzarella.org, maybe?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Pete C. wrote:

>
>
> There are like 8 or so posts in a.b.f. from Sun and Mon so far (not
> counting replies), so if you didn't get 'em...

<g> I saw a few more than that (with attachments). But then I pay for my
Usenet access for binaries. Costs me US$5.00 every coupla years... Not
gonna break the bank.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:02:08 -0600, "Pete C." >
wrote:
>> When Comcast made the decision to dump Usenet I switched to
>> usenetmonster.com. It does cost $2.95 month. However, I can read and post
>> to the binary groups.
>>
Forte has just opened their APN new service, but I don't know where
their feeds come from. The minimum cost is under $3.00/month. You
can get a free 3 month trial, if you upgrade Agent to 5.0/1170.

HTH

Alex

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:16:30 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

wrote:
>
>> Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
>> decide not to send messages?
>
>Not an Agent user myself... but I seem to recall you said you were using
>a trialware version of Agent? If that's the case then it's quite
>possible that it would 'just suddenly decide not to send messages'
>after the trial period was up.

Don't work that way, CC. Free Agent is just that, free. It lacks some
features that the full-bore version has, but features don't fade out
like some other app trial versions do. Forte's been really good about
that.

That being said, I botched the setup on my trial APN and they
haven't responded to my enquiries. So far, I'm chalking it up
to the holiday season. So far....

Alex

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:17:07 -0500, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
> wrote
>
>> Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just suddenly
>decide not to send messages?
>
>YES.
>
FWIW: Version 5.0 hadn't been released 6 weeks before
a fixit patch was released for problems that everybody
missed in beta testing. The most current V. is build
1170. AGent users, go to help/about Agent/ to where your
serial number shows up. It should read Version 5.0/32.1700.

But you already knew that....

Alex

Chemiker wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:16:30 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
wrote:
>>
>>> Still no joy. Agent users: is it possible for Agent to just
>>> suddenly decide not to send messages?
>>
>>Not an Agent user myself... but I seem to recall you said you were
>>using a trialware version of Agent? If that's the case then it's quite
>>possible that it would 'just suddenly decide not to send messages'
>>after the trial period was up.
>
> Don't work that way, CC. Free Agent is just that, free. It lacks some
> features that the full-bore version has, but features don't fade out
> like some other app trial versions do. Forte's been really good about
> that.
>

Ah, OK. I stand corrected.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> Debbie wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Debbie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I get alt.binary.food and am not paying. Don't know how long I
>>>>>>> will keep it
>>>>>>> though. Depends on how much I bring down as there is a limit on
>>>>>>> how much
>>>>>>> you can download on the free account. The binaries probably eat
>>>>>>> it up quick.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interesting. Which free service might that be?
>>>>>> --
>>>>> Motzarella, the one you were speaking of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Debbie
>>>>
>>>> Well, no they don't - not really. They do allow you to subscribe to
>>>> the group, but they don't carry any posts with the attachments (i.e.
>>>> the pictures). Which defeats the whole object. We've been through
>>>> this one before, BTW.
>>>> --
>>>
>>> I just added it 2 days ago. I haven't had many pics today or
>>> yesterday, but the first day I subscribed to it I got a bunch.
>>>
>>> Debbie
>>
>> Really? Good to hear that.
>
> <sorry to be so crass as to follow up on my own post but...>
>
> Forgot to ask - so which 'bunch' of pictures did you get exactly?
>
> http://www.motzarella.org/
>
> <quote>
> news.motzarella.org provides free read and write access to all *text*
> newsgroups.
> </quote>
>
> Unless you're referring to another motzarella.org, maybe?
>
That would be the one. I went back and counted. I only downloaded the
first few and then hit catch up. Of the ones I downloaded I got 10 pics. I
haven't had any since so as it has been posted that there have been some, I
guess it was just a blip that I got those 10.

Debbie

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:21:36 -0600, Chemiker wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:02:08 -0600, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>>> When Comcast made the decision to dump Usenet I switched to
>>> usenetmonster.com. It does cost $2.95 month. However, I can read and
>>> post to the binary groups.
>>>
> Forte has just opened their APN new service,

Eh?
They opened their service many, many years ago.

> but I don't know where
> their feeds come from. The minimum cost is under $3.00/month. You can
> get a free 3 month trial, if you upgrade Agent to 5.0/1170.

They run their own servers.





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Debbie wrote:

>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...

>>
>> <sorry to be so crass as to follow up on my own post but...>
>>
>> Forgot to ask - so which 'bunch' of pictures did you get exactly?
>>
>> http://www.motzarella.org/
>>
>> <quote>
>> news.motzarella.org provides free read and write access to all *text*
>> newsgroups.
>> </quote>
>>
>> Unless you're referring to another motzarella.org, maybe?
>>
> That would be the one. I went back and counted. I only downloaded
> the
> first few and then hit catch up. Of the ones I downloaded I got 10
> pics. I haven't had any since so as it has been posted that there
> have been some, I guess it was just a blip that I got those 10.
>

Yep. Must have been a blip.

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In article
>,
wrote:

> On Jan 5, 12:59*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> >
> > wrote:
> > > I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. *I can download
> > > headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> > > out. *One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> > > the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. *Charter is blaming my
> > > newsreader. *I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
> >
> > > Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> > > use with Agent?
> >
> > > Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> > > will see my request for help?
> >
> > > Thanks so much!
> > > Carol
> >
> > I'll follow up for you. :-)
> >
> > But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
> > free news service!
>
> Blonde moment here. It never occured to me to ask Crash if his
> Ultrafeed account could be used on my computer. So now I'm
> downloading through Ultrafeed, but still can't post. I'm wondering if
> this is a sign from God.
>
> Carol

Your posts are coming in here...
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wrote:
> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>
> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
> use with Agent?
>
> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
> will see my request for help?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Carol

I don't use a free service, but how does $10 for life sound? If you only
do text NGs Astraweb's $10 package gives you more gigabytes than you
will use in a lifetime. 25 GB! I've had it for almost 4 years and have
yet to get under 24 GB.

http://www.news.astraweb.com/plans.html

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

Pete C. wrote:

>
> Chris Marksberry wrote:

> I use usenetmonster.com as well and it does well for the $2.95/mo with
> no group limitations and even response from support when I had an
> issue. The rollover of unused GB each month ensures I'll never go
> over quota.
>
> $2.95/mo isn't free, but it's pretty close and I don't believe there
> are any free options if you want binary groups as well i.e.
> alt.binaries.food. I think there are other servers where you can buy a
> block of GB up front.

If you want moderate amounts of binary access, I recommend a block
account. You pay by the gigabyte of bandwidth, and use a block until
it's gone. For instance, usenet-news.net charges $3 for five gigs.

A few gig will last a long time unless you're downloading TV shows from
multimedia groups or something. If all you're doing is getting images
from alt.food.binary or the like, a five-gig block would last all year
and then some.




Brian

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won't shut up.
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wrote:
> On Jan 5, 12:59 pm, Omelet > wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>>
>> wrote:
>>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download
>>> headers and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going
>>> out. One managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in
>>> the Outbox, getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my
>>> newsreader. I don't think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>>> use with Agent?
>>> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
>>> will see my request for help?
>>> Thanks so much!
>>> Carol
>> I'll follow up for you. :-)
>>
>> But I pay the $13.00 per month for giganews, so can't help you with a
>> free news service!
>
> Blonde moment here. It never occured to me to ask Crash if his
> Ultrafeed account could be used on my computer. So now I'm
> downloading through Ultrafeed, but still can't post. I'm wondering if
> this is a sign from God.
>
> Carol

Download Thunderbird and see if it works for you. I had Agent and was
not thrilled with it. I started using Mozilla Suite's email program
yeasr ago. Now that all has morphed, I use Thunderbird, which is the
used-to-be Mozilla thing.

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

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:44:22 -0600, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>Download Thunderbird and see if it works for you. I had Agent and was
>not thrilled with it. I started using Mozilla Suite's email program
>yeasr ago. Now that all has morphed, I use Thunderbird, which is the
>used-to-be Mozilla thing.

I use Thunderbird for e-mail, and have tried it for newsgroups, but it
was a painful experience. I've been using Agent for over ten years
now. All I want is for it to WORK!

Thank you to the person who gave me a year of individual.net.

Carol

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On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:07:26 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:44:22 -0600, Janet Wilder
> wrote:
>

>I use Thunderbird for e-mail, and have tried it for newsgroups, but it
>was a painful experience. I've been using Agent for over ten years
>now. All I want is for it to WORK!
>
I did the TBird thing for a while, but my system kept hanging. (Sort
messages, still running after 4 hours?) Finally abandoned it and went
back to Agent. System cleared up wonderfully. Using XP. Wife has
Vista, can't use TBird at all for some reason. Uses earthlink webmail.

Alex, who started with Mosaic. And then fell for Eudora.

Omelet wrote:

> In article
> >,
> wrote:
>
>> I'm suddenly having problems posting with Agent. I can download headers
>> and bodies, courtesy of charter.net, but my posts aren't going out. One
>> managed to escape this morning, but the rest are sitting in the Outbox,
>> getting cold and lonely. Charter is blaming my newsreader. I don't
>> think the problem lies with Agent, myself.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a free news service (we're flat broke) that I can
>> use with Agent?
>>
>> Also, would someone be willing to repost this so the google-blockers
>> will see my request for help?
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Carol

http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html has a couple.

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