From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   David LaRue  wrote:   
   >radioactiveseattle@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >>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?   
      
   If you become a user on news.eternal-september.org, then you must check   
   "always authenticate" in Thunderbird or another newsreader when setting   
   up access to that News server.   
      
   >. . .   
      
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