Re: Linux Newsgroup... ('continue');

Alright! I'll give it my best shot! "Miguel Cruz" <mnc@stoic.net> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0207121225320.4614-100000@stoic.net... > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote: > > Miguel Cruz <mnc@stoic.net> wrote in: > >> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote: > >>> Are you sure these newsgroup work? I tried subscribing to it and got a > >>> response saying newsgroup server could not be found. I didn't have that > >>> problem with PHP Newsgroup or mozilla.org Newsgroup. > >>> > >>> comp.os.linux.admin > >>> comp.os.linux.misc > >>> ... > >> > >> Yes, they all definitely work. Remember that different news servers carry > >> different newsgroups. Your ISP should be running a news server that > >> carries all of the above-listed groups, though, as they're in the main > >> hierarchy. Just ask your ISP for the name of its news server. > >> > >> Alternatively, you can read them all in groups.google.com, though they're > >> about 12 hours behind. > > > > I don't have ISP, I use T1, the local network I'm on is direct to the > > internet. I can type in www.cnn.com and it can go where it go quickly > > without a problem. The same goes for news.php.net Newsgroup. > > You still have an ISP. You can't peer using something as tiny as a T1. > Just traceroute somewhere and you'll see what your ISP is. Then go > to their web site, look for the customer support page, and they should > list their NNTP server somewhere. > > Alternatively, there is a free server in Germany you can use if your ISP > doesn't provide decent news service. Go to > http://news.cis.dfn.de/ for > more information. > > miguel >