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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / February 2005AOL discontinuing Newsgroup access !
AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much easier to read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too. > AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to > Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google > "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much easier to > read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too. Actually, you will be very glad that AOL is making you use what the rest of the world uses. A real Newsgroup reader. You can use the Newsgroup part of Outlook Express 6. It is far better that AOL. It is what I use for this newsgroup. Outlook Express is free and comes in every Windows OS except Version 3.x. There are other (better?) newsgroup readers available.  SignatureCSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com -- >>AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to >>Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > There are other (better?) newsgroup readers available. I recently started using the free e-mail and newsreader program, Thunderbird, from Mozilla (www.mozilla.org). It is much better than Outlook Express. It includes a spam blocker that you train simply by indicating which messages are junk and which ones it classifies as junk that aren't. After a couple of weeks of this, it is sorting out the junk efficiently. It is also easier then OE to set up sorting rules for e-mail and newsgroup postings. The address book and NG lists are quickly imported from OE. I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox (Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more efficient than Outlook and IE. >>> AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop >>> access to [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > e-mail and newsgroup postings. The address book and NG lists are > quickly imported from OE. >I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox >(Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more efficient >than Outlook and IE. Tried Firefox, but no option to "mark all messages as read when exiting the group" and doesn't allow setting up the same news server multiple times. Those might sound trivial, but I tried for a few weeks and just couldn't adjust to not having those capabilities. For those wondering about the latter... Most Newsreaders don't allow for what seems to me to be an easy thing, that is to arrange your subscribed groups into folders for organization. OE doesn't provide this either, but you can set up multiple accounts pointing at the same news server and give each account a different name with different group subscriptions which simulates this rather well. Firefox simply rejects any attempt to set up additional accounts pointed at the same server. I think you mean Thunderbird. Firefox is the web browser. I mark all messages read manually. I have asked for the option of marking all messages as read when leaving a group. They are good at incorporating user's ideas into future releases. >>I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox >>(Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more efficient [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > well. Firefox simply rejects any attempt to set up additional accounts pointed > at the same server. There's a button on the menu bar that you can click Mark All Read (on the mac version) dale On 1/30/05 10:10 AM, in article 41FD06ED.3050207@nospamhotmail.com, "Scott Nelson" <treasuredude62@nospamhotmail.com> wrote: > I think you mean Thunderbird. Firefox is the web browser. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> pointed >> at the same server. >>I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox >>(Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more efficient [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >well. Firefox simply rejects any attempt to set up additional accounts pointed >at the same server. get Agent or Free Agent >> Tried Firefox, but no option to "mark all messages as read when >> exiting the group" and doesn't allow setting up the same news server [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > get Agent or Free Agent I installed Agent and found no such option. Also, why does it make you double-click or press <Enter> to see a message? (very irritating) > I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox > (Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more > efficient than Outlook and IE. I don't want messages marked as read automatically. There are times when I leave a NG with the intention to return and finish reading some postings. >>>> AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop >>>> access to [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> rules for e-mail and newsgroup postings. The address book and NG >> lists are quickly imported from OE. >> I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox >> (Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more >> efficient than Outlook and IE. > >I don't want messages marked as read automatically. There are times when I leave a NG with the intention to return and >finish reading some postings. Then set YOUR preferences file(s) the way YOU want ... that's what they're for ! On 1/29/05 11:25 PM, in article 41FC6FC7.9000301@nospamhotmail.com, "Scott Nelson" <treasuredude62@nospamhotmail.com> wrote: > I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox > (Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> e-mail and newsgroup postings. The address book and NG lists are >> quickly imported from OE. Check out Wired magazine, a good article about firefox dale >AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to >Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google >"Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much easier to >read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too. A very good newreader is Agent or FreeAgent. >>AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to >>Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google >>"Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much easier to >>read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too. > > A very good newreader is Agent or FreeAgent. What Sammy's really -bttchin'- about is that his "isp" is removing a PAID service and still going to charge their ridiculous prices! That's why T-W's "isp" is called America's Only Losers. >>>AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to >>>Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >service and still going to charge their ridiculous prices! >That's why T-W's "isp" is called America's Only Losers. I've been steering people AWAY from AOL for 10 years. |
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