Frog wrote: > By accounts I am referring to sites similar to the following (the > three that I currently have on my system):
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general <-- newsgroup > mozilla.support.seamonkey <-- newsgroup > news.verizon.net <-- news *SERVER* > .. The news.verizon.net is, however, a mystery--Verizon is my ISP. > When looking at the SeaMonkey mail window I do the following: Click > "Go"> I click news.verison.net [SIC] in the drop down window that > appears>a window titled "Subscription" opens and it appears that my > computer is attempting to connect to Verizon. After a short time, a > new window opens with the following comment--Connection to server > news.verizon.net timed out. The subscription window does not list > any news groups that I can subscribe to. You are getting a timeout because Verizon *killed* NNTP news service for its subscribers last year. You can blame New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo [1] for that. Other major ISPs did as well, notably AT&T. > I was thinking that there must be thousands, if not millions, of such > sites on the Internet. I thought maybe there would be ones for > genealogy--bird watching--travel, etc. As I have likely stated on > this group before, I am retired and attempting to keep my mind busy > learning new things. Thousands of newsgroups, yes (not millions). And, to clarify, they are not "sites", they are "Usenet Newsgroups." Not the WWW. > OK. I think I understand. Once I have a Mozilla account established > on my system--I can have any number of Mozilla subscriptions under > this Mozilla account. You've found how to subscribe to the Mozilla news server. Now you'll want to add a general server for the rest. Have a look at the free Eternal September server. Register from here: http://www.eternal-september.org/ [1. Perish the thought - he's probably going to be our *governor* next year. <spit> ] -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
