I think Thunderbird will allow import from the old Netscape mail client. Dave
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jerome H. > Fine > Sent: 06 March 2016 14:27 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Usenet News Servers > > >On Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 12:53:22 +0000, Robert Jarratt wrote: > > >My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts. > > > >What news servers do people round here recommend? > > > I have a question about access to newsgroups. Which currently available > browser is able to access a newsgroups server? Currently, I am using > Netscape 7.2 under Windows 98SE. If I upgrade to Windows 10, I probably > won't find anything from Microsoft which will support reasonable access to > newsgroups. Is there a link to a site which has an application that supports > access to newsgroups in a manner similar to how Netscape 7.2 provides > access. BEST would be a browser that also supports access to e-mail in the > same manner as Netscape 7.2 and which also allows me to copy all of the > archived 100,000 e-mails and posts which I have acquired over the last 15 > years. It is only about 300 MB, so the size is not a factor. > > I know someone will probably recall the same question a while ago, but the > answer given then was not sufficient to make the switch. At least a link to > the site which has the files to be downloaded would be needed since just > the name of the application does not seem to help me. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > > When I registered 8 years ago, I received the following reply copied below. > There is no charge for the service. I have found that about 99% of the posts > which appear at eternal-september also appear at sunsite. Mainly, I use > sunsite to check that I am receiving all the posts which have been made to > other servers in addition to having a second source just in case one of the > servers has crashed or disappears. > > The e-mail to sign up was sent to: > news-sig...@sunsite.dk > > The other e-mail address that I used to inquire about an acceptable > newsgroup which was not yet carried (alt.sys.pdp11 - but is now) was: > st...@sunsite.dk > > The information should be sufficient to inquire and register. > > Note that retention is short for some newsgroups, probably only a few days > while for others the retention can be over a year. So checking the posts on > at least a daily basis is recommended until you determine the retention > period. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- > Dear "e-mail address" > > You have been registered at the dotsrc.org usenet server. > > To be able to read and post articles, you will have to tell your news client, > that it must perform authentication. > > If you forget your username/password, then just register again. > > There is no need to remove your registration - your registration will be > removed when it has not been used for 3 months. > > More information can be found at: > > http://dotsrc.org/usenet/ > > Your username is: "e-mail address" > Your password is: "six character password" > Your newsserver is: news.sunsite.dk > > IMPORTANT: October 15th 2005 a new access policy was introduced, in order > to make the main focus of the usenet service consistent with our remaining > policy and focus. For further info please see > http://dotsrc.org/usenet/accesschange/ > > Please remark, that the username and password is for your personal usage > only! > > Upon any abuse, your account will be terminated immediately. > > Best regards, > Dotsrc.org News Administrator > st...@dotsrc.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------