Re: 2 questions - where to post for windows 7 and about slow performanceof windows 7.
sheana wrote:
> Sorry, I'm completely ignorant when it comes to Usenet. I called my ISP
> as you suggested, and they didn't know anything about Usenet. Can you
> be a little more specific in how I can sign up for this, or whatever I
> have to do? Thanks in advance.
USENET uses a bunch of servers, and the servers forward messages to one
another, until they all carry the same content (for a group they happen to
carry). Google is just one peer in the scheme of things, and USENET
predates the appearance of Google (and dejanews).
My ISP used to have its own USENET server, and participated in it. Then,
one day, the ISP decided to shut it down. (And this is before the Cuomo era.)
I've been using free USENET servers ever since, rather than pay yet more
money for the privilege.
A free server, that requires no signup, or even contacting the owner,
is nntp.aioe.org. The owner keeps a web page, with minimal information
about the various ways you can access it. This server allows both reading
existing messages and posting new messages. There is a limit to how many
messages can be posted per day, so for users that have a "chatroom" usage
pattern for USENET, this is the wrong server to try that on. This server
also happens to carry "alt.windows7.general" .
http://www.aioe.org/
nntp.aioe.org Port 119
You can find a list of USENET news readers here. I use Thunderbird from
mozilla.org . I can't think of any of these tools, that fit in the category
of "easy to use". The last one that fit that billing was on a Macintosh
about 20 years ago. It still takes a bit of fiddling to get it all set
up the way you want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Usenet_newsreaders
Problems in Thunderbird, usually arise from some change made by the
server administrator (such as re-numbering articles on the server).
Thunderbird lacks a "convenient button" when certain things break.
You can unsubscribe from a group and re-subscribe, and the problem
won't resolve itself.
If the server is stable, and doesn't receive a lot of maintenance,
Thunderbird can run a long time without needing assistance.
Some newsreaders are best described as "cryptic", using a whole bunch
of keyboard shortcut combinations to control them. I run into the odd
person, who actually likes that, but I can't for the life of me, figure
out why.
You can probably find a web page, with setup instructions for your newsreader.
For example, you could start at Step 2 here, and set up your connection
to nntp.aioe.org on Port 119.
http://www.stanford.edu/services/usenet/thunderbird_pc/index.html
I've heard of the odd issue with Thunderbird 3, which is why I'm still
using the 2 series. An update was pushed out today, which brings the
latest 2 stream release to 2.0.0.24.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest-2.0/
Here, I've burrowed down to the US English version 2.0.0.24 for Windows.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest-2.0/win32/en-US/
If you go to the mozilla.org web page, you can easily find the latest
3 stream download, and try that out.
Thunderbird handles both email and USENET news, which may confuse some
people when they fire up the tool. I use it purely for USENET and don't
do email with it.
Paul
>
> "Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
> news:eu52q5lksvv01vrfskesru2oqm8ampu9q8@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Stefan Patric <not@this.address.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On the Usenet, there's alt.windows7.general. But not everyone
>>> carries it.
>>
>> If your ISP doesn't carry it then ask them to carry it. Most will oblige.
>>
>> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
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