From: redsurf@comcast.nospamnet   
      
   On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:32:40 -0400, redsurf   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:53:23 -0400, "XXXXgizzieXXXX"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   So, I don't play here much anymore, check in once a week, maybe--but I'm   
   >>NOT giving Comcrap, who is dropping usenet as of October 29,  $9 a month for   
   >>the "privilege".   
   >>   
   >>    Where/how  do you guys read atxf??   
   >   
   >Based on an answer to the same question in rec.arts.tv:   
   >   
   >"nntp.aioe.org  is totally free and you don't even need an   
   >account.  No login or password is required. "   
   >   
   >Today I put nntp.aioe.org into my newsreader (Agent) and   
   >voila! driveyness.  I think it's text only, but it looks   
   >like I'm getting everything I had using comcast's server and   
   >on refresh, there's another 3,000+ newsgroups that I haven't   
   >looked at yet.  And now I'll test that I can post....   
   >   
   >C   
      
   And responding to myself....it posted pretty quickly.  So   
   far, so good.   
      
   C   
      
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