On Feb 4, 9:55 pm, Toby A Inkster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You discovered wrong -- Google does not provide a free newsserver. They no > doubt *have* several newsservers, but don't provide direct access to them > either free, or for a fee. They only provide a web interface to access the > contents of their newsservers, with a fraction of the features that a real > newsreader would.
Hehe, it has all the features I knew existed in a newsreader, except this "subscribe to topic" thing Im looking for. > You seem to already have a newsreader -- you're using Opera, which > includes a fairly good one, hidden away in the Hotlist/Panels/whatever- > they're-calling-it-today. Other newsreaders I'd recommend are PAN and > Forte Agent. Did I mention I use Opera? I do anyway, it was just days ago I made the switch from Firefox. I found their mail-/newsreader client but since I didnt know what to type in the server settings of the newsreader, my search continued. > So you just need a server. "pubnews.gradwell.net" still seems to exist -- > it's free. Alternatively, "news.individual.net" offers a good service for > a fairly low yearly cost. So should "pubnews.gradwell.net" go in both Incoming and Outgoing server fields? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list