Subject: INTERNET NEWS

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:22:12 -0400 (EDT)

> 	Hi,
> 	   I need some info on how to get internet news by configuring
>     pine. Can you please give me a list of a few nntp-servers &
> 	a few news groups.
> 
> 	Hareesh.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:48:53 +0100 (BST)

I'm afraid there are few "public" news servers now (those which allow you
to read news from them even though you are not a member of the
organisation).

There are even fewer such news servers that allow you to post your own
articles to them!

This is primarily because of...

Load... people descend on the public news server and swamp it, meaning it
can no longer provide its real service to its owners.

Liability... some people post dubious or defamatory articles
unfortunately.  If this was done through an organisation's news server,
but that organisation has no authority or disciplinary control of the
poster, they are in trouble!

Your best bet is to talk to your university/company/Interset Service
Provider and see if they provide a news server.

The newsgroups available depend on how the person who admisiters the news
server has configured it.  First find your news server, then your news
reading software will be able to show you what groups are available on it.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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