[aklug] Re: free news group access?

On 11/07/12 11:48, R Denison wrote:
> On 11/07/2012 11:23 AM, Tom Simes wrote:
>>
>> Looking at the address you used in posting, you might try
>> news.acsalaska.net No login required if coming from ACS IP space and I
>> would recommend the client be configured for a max of 3 concurrent
>> connections.
>>

> Interesting - looks like ACS is running it's own NNTP server. Neat. My
> impression has been that isn't something you see much anymore.

It's a caching server, so it only pulls groups that people frequent.
Spelunking into a group that's not currently being pulled will kick off
the process. BTW OP, I much prefer Pan to Thunderbird for an NNTP client:

http://pan.rebelbase.com/features/

-- 
Tom
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Tom Simes                                       simestd@netexpress.com
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