From: huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com   
      
   "radioacti...@gmail.com"  wrote in   
   news:93866a51-2a36-4166-8d98-8b898a2c5ec6n@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Thanks for your posting.  Still, you sound like you're unaware that   
   > some of us unsophisticated users have NO CLUE as to how in Heaven's   
   > name one can "configure a newsgroup account", something I certainly   
   > never did to read this soon-to-be-unavailable alt.obits group!   
      
   Go to the USENET (NNTP) Server of your choice.   
      
   Ask for or Register for an account.  In some cases you might need to   
   verify your email,   
      
   You will be given the the Server Name, Server Port, and your personal   
   Name and Password to configure into your News Reader.  Did you not think   
   this was easy to do?   
      
   Once connected your Newsgroup Reader may ask to download the list of   
   newsgroups offered by the server. Answer YES.  Then sign up for the   
   groupa you want to read and post in.   
      
   > Meanwhile, a pal who is NOT an unsophisticated user checked out this   
   > Thunderbird thing, and she tells me that at my level of Apple   
   > wizardry--which you could describe as "able to log-on and read the   
   > internet, but NEVER able to troubleshoot if ANYTHING goes wrong (which   
   > often occurs)"--I'm just asking for more endless cyber-trouble   
      
   As with most things these days you can find online tutorials if you can't   
   read and follow the steps at the USENET Server.  It usually provides   
   intructions from the web site interface.   
      
   > Here's a simple question:  since I didn't "configure" (or anything   
   > else) to get to this newsgroup account--I just merely logged on and   
   > typed alt.obituaries into a search engine (which was NOT Google, by   
   > the way!), why with all of these alternatives to Google Groups do I   
   > have all SORTS of cyber-hurdles in front of me?   
   >   
   > Please understand, I've NEVER been trained on my computer--way way way   
   > too far from closest Apple Store--and anyway, I'm a guy who isn't   
   > skilled at these things (for instance, never ONCE have I successfully   
   > "installed" ANYTHING on my Apple 27-inch Retina--something ALWAYS goes   
   > awry, and I can NEVER troubleshoot it on my own).   
      
   We humans used to talk to one another to get help.  Try that.  Sorry.   
      
   > Isn't there some SIMPLE way (i.e., just log onto some site and read   
   > alt.obits) to access alt.obits after Google quits next month?  I have   
   > zero interest in any other newsgroups, but THIS one is like a lifeline   
   > to me.  Thanks for your anticipated response.   
   >   
   > BRYAN STYBLE/Florida   
   >   
      
   Hi Bryan, you've been around for years. I thought you were native to   
   USENET.  I have a similar problem - I won't use anything Apple, save for   
   my Apple }{+.  Far too expensive a company.   
      
   By the way, where are you located?  Perhaps I could call or drive over   
   and help you.  I'm in west central Florida.   
      
   Good luck, everyone.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)