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[Stewart]

I know that this is not a Usenet group but I wonder if anyone can help me
find a Usenet group that does not cost a fortune.
I have had internet access for over 10 years and enjoyed the newsgroups via
freeserve then wanadoo until just over a year ago they cut off the service.
I then had an unsolicited offer from <news.ak47erg> to use the Usenet
through them for a one off payment of £8 (or thereabouts). This has now
expired as well.
I have tried to find a reasonably priced access but the cheapest I have
found so far was $10 per month, that is too much for me.
If anyone can point me to a cheaper access then I would be grateful.
I am using Google for some of them now but it is not very satisfactory, it
is clumsy and limited.
Thank you.

 

[DL]

Try news.tesco.net

 

[Mike Barnard]

I know that this is not a Usenet group but I wonder if anyone can help me
find a Usenet group that does not cost a fortune.
I have had internet access for over 10 years and enjoyed the newsgroups via
freeserve then wanadoo until just over a year ago they cut off the service.
I then had an unsolicited offer from <news.ak47erg> to use the Usenet
through them for a one off payment of £8 (or thereabouts). This has now
expired as well.
I have tried to find a reasonably priced access but the cheapest I have
found so far was $10 per month, that is too much for me.
If anyone can point me to a cheaper access then I would be grateful.
I am using Google for some of them now but it is not very satisfactory, it
is clumsy and limited.
Thank you.

Text only or binaries? If the former then this...

http://news.individual.net/index.php

.... is supposed to be the bee knees.

Binaries? You'll have to pay through the nose. Giganews is probably
the biggest.

HTH.

 

[Vanguard]

I know that this is not a Usenet group

Wrong. It is a newsgroup. However, it is NOT a newsgroup about
newsgroup servers, and Outlook never has and probably never will support
NNTP (network news transfer protocol) so your post is off-topic.

find a Usenet group that does not cost a fortune.

For Microsoft products, use their free NNTP server: msnew.microsoft.com

For cheap good access: individual.net, $10 euro/yr (about $14USD/yr)

For cheap but unreliable access: aioe.org (free)
(flaky, unstable, and the owner is playing with goofy anti-spam quotas
and posting rules [that he doesn't publish] that don't follow standards)

 

[Stewart]

Thanks to all, I shall try individual.net.

I know that this is not a Usenet group

Wrong. It is a newsgroup. However, it is NOT a newsgroup about
newsgroup servers, and Outlook never has and probably never will support
NNTP (network news transfer protocol) so your post is off-topic.

find a Usenet group that does not cost a fortune.

For Microsoft products, use their free NNTP server: msnew.microsoft.com

For cheap good access: individual.net, $10 euro/yr (about $14USD/yr)

For cheap but unreliable access: aioe.org (free)
(flaky, unstable, and the owner is playing with goofy anti-spam quotas
and posting rules [that he doesn't publish] that don't follow standards)