On Aug 2, 12:08 am, Merciadri Luca <merciadril...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1 août, 21:27, CHENG Gao <cheng...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > *On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:33:31 -0700 (PDT) > > * Also sprach Merciadri Luca <merciadril...@gmail.com>: > > > > Is there a better alternative than the well-known gmane? For example, > > > I wanted to find comp.sys.hp48, and gnu.emacs.gnus, and I did not find > > > them out. Is it normal? I verified it on their website, and they seem > > > not to show them. Thanks. > > > I build Emacs from git source. It has Gnus 5.13. > > > Gmane is a mailing list to news gateway. Most Emacs related group are > > hosted here. > > > As for two groups you mentioned, you can use news.cn99.com. It's a free > > Chinese news server carrying many groups, including two groups you > > mentioned. And posting is allowed. > > > You can use sites likehttp://newzbot.comtofind news servers carrying > > your groups, and compare the speed. > > > I use leafnode (local news server) to connect to news servers. It's must > > faster to read with Gnus. Another benefit is I can archive messages in > > my computer for easy access, esp. easy searching. > > > Most news servers (maybe all except for Gamen?) have retention not so > > long, so you can read only recent messages. If you need to dig something > > in the history, you need to use web like Goole groups (only if they are > > archived). I'd rather archive them in my own box. > > > -- > > Numquam minus solus quam cum solus > > Thanks for your answers. My problem is now solved. :-)
It seems anyway pretty difficult to find servers which allow posting! Isn't it? _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english