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Low cost news servers.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
2015-06-22 20:06:18 UTC
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My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?

[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
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Frank Slootweg
2015-06-22 20:26:16 UTC
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[Crossposted and FU set to news.software.readers]
Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
News.Individual.Net (also a website). EUR 10 per year. Highly
recommended. Used by many.

B.T.W. It would have been perfectly OK to ask this question in
news.software.readers. Your question might not fit the newsgroup name,
but it fits the audience (i.e. mainly NetNews users) and hence is
perfectly on topic.
David Solimano
2015-06-24 02:47:27 UTC
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:06:18 -0400, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
I've been using Eternal September, which happens to be free. Spam
control isn't perfect, but pretty good for the groups I read. Also,
no binaries.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
2015-06-27 23:03:20 UTC
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Post by David Solimano
I've been using Eternal September,
Don't they allow trolls to continually morph to evade filters. Or am I
thinking of dizum?

Thanks.
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Larry Sheldon
2015-07-23 01:36:44 UTC
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Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
I use News.Individual.NET, cost 10 € per annum, no binaries and
vanishingly small amounts of spam at least in the few roups I watch (lot
of on-topic trolls that I have to filter locally--I don't see a way for
a provider to do anything about that much).
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Bruce Salem
2015-12-13 03:48:08 UTC
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Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
I would have agreed you this morning except that I was pleased to find the the reply has
most of the features readnews has had all along. It is not a blog reply to a USNET feed. Now, I do not know if Google changes the rules if you try and start new group. It might. I would object to that, so what is your gripe exactly. The only issue for me is that I need a larger font and haven't figured that out yet.

Bruce Salem
John F. Morse
2015-12-13 15:51:20 UTC
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Post by Bruce Salem
Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
I would have agreed you this morning except that I was pleased to find the the reply has
most of the features readnews has had all along. It is not a blog reply to a USNET feed. Now, I do not know if Google changes the rules if you try and start new group. It might. I would object to that, so what is your gripe exactly. The only issue for me is that I need a larger font and haven't figured that out yet.
Bruce Salem
Don't worry about fonts. Use plain text. Works everywhere.

You might want to worry about remembering to read the date of an article
(message) to which you are replying.

And finding an NNTP news server so you are not confused by Google Group's
attempt at Usenet.

Here's a good one, and it is free: http://www.eternal-september.org
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Bruce Salem
2015-12-13 18:31:37 UTC
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Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
inbound and outbound spam?
[1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>
I found a bug in Google Groups and it is a showstopper, my God only after less than a day of use. I wanted to reply to John Morse' post for not quoting from the original, but I can't quote his post using Google Groups reply. It only allows me to post to the head of the thread. The USENET newsreader let me reply to any post in the thread. This need to be fixed ASAP.
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