"Jim Elbrecht" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > "Don Moody" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -snip- >>What is wrong with the idea of going in through Google groups? Free. >>No registration. No formality. And no having to remit a fee in >>foreign >>currency. > > For one, lots of folks have killfiled the whole domain because they > don't police their spammers. [by and large I'm a big Google fan- > but they completely dropped the ball with Usenet] > > Another is the ability to use a newsreader- log on when you can and > read at your pleasure even if there is no Usenet connection within > miles. > > My preference is individual.net. Has some basic filters built in > [like crosspost management]; has the most complete feed of any > service > I've used since 1995; and costs all of$15 a year.[10 Euros- paid > electronically] This and the other answers don't help the OP solve the problem of whether there have been postings to this group which he has missed. He can solve that in one visit to Google Groups and reading what it contains in s.g.i. If there is nothing since his apparent cut-off with his ISP the 'fault'; is that there is nothing. If there is something, the 'fault' is with his ISP an he needs either to gee them up into mending their ways, or change ISP. In that process he does not have to expose himself to spammers, and the 'test' doesn't cost anything. Don

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:39:32 +0100, "Don Moody" <[email protected]> wrote: >This and the other answers don't help the OP solve the problem of >whether there have been postings to this group which he has missed. The OP recommended Teranews if you "loose" usenet. -- Steve Hayes Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/ http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/famhist1.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/