"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] Jim