Trouble getting mail from RAS

[Firstlight]

Hello Users,

I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see posts to RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them delivered to my inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the steps? I've tried several different addresses.

Thankfully, I am a bit better at flying than computers...

Cheers,

Firstlight

[BobW]

On 3/12/2013 7:31 PM, Firstlight wrote:
> Hello Users,
>
> I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see posts to
> RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them delivered to my
> inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the steps? I've tried
> several different addresses.
>
> Thankfully, I am a bit better at flying than computers...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Firstlight
>

When I occasionally want a post in my inbox, I've been successful (using
Thunderbird as my RAS reader) using the "Forward" button. I forward to myself,
of course.

HTH.

Bob W.

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:31:52 -0700, Firstlight wrote:

> Hello Users,
>
> I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see posts
> to RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them delivered to my
> inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the steps? I've tried
> several different addresses.
>
That's how it should work: USENET, of which r.a.s is one of a few tens of
thousands of newsgroups is a sort of distributed bulletin board or forum.
It is designed to be read online, though some newsreaders can work
offline. USENET itself is almost as old as e-mail. Both are almost 20
years older than the World Wide Web.

Some newsreaders, e.g. Thunderbird, can handle both e-mail and USENET,
but in my opinion you're better served by using separate programs.

All the programs I'm about to list are free to download, try, and go on
using if you like them. Except for the ones I sat are paid for. If you're
a Windows user, try:

- Forte's FreeAgent does everything well but doesn't have a killfile
It can work offline: in this mode you go online, download all the news
for your subscribed groups and drop offline to read them and write
replies. Then you go online again briefly to upload your replies.

- Forte's Agent (about $30 to upgrade FreeAgent) does have a killfile
Whether you need a killfile depends on the newsgroups you read: some
are full of trolls and spam, Others, like r.a.s, aren't.
I used FreeAgent/Agent for years until I stopped using Windows.

- also NewsRover and Ozum (I haven't used either of these)


For Linux:

- Pan (my current newsreader)

For OS X (I don't use OS X)


- try Unison or Thoth


I've used Thunderbird and didn't like it much for either for mail or
news. It hasn't had anything like the development effort that Firebird,
its Mozilla stablemate, got and in my opinion this really shows.

HTH


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

[Dave Doe]

In article >,
, Firstlight says...
>
> Hello Users,
>
> I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see
> posts to RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them
> delivered to my inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the
> steps? I've tried several different addresses.
>
> Thankfully, I am a bit better at flying than computers...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Firstlight

Your header info says your posting method or program is "G2/1.0". What
is that??? :)

But whatever it is, if it is an offline usenet reader, then it should
have the capability to e-mail out. You'd need to check that at least
the sending server is correct (must match the sending server of your
ISP), and that you use your own e-mail address (or clearly, you won't
receive them! :) ).

--
Duncan.

[Firstlight]

Hello Martin, Bob and Dave,

Many thanks for your help. I have recently switched platforms. With all your input, I am sure I'll get things squared away now soon.

Many thanks!

Wayne





On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:56:51 PM UTC-4, Dave Doe wrote:
> In article >,
>
> Firstlight says...
>
> >
>
> > Hello Users,
>
> >
>
> > I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see
>
> > posts to RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them
>
> > delivered to my inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the
>
> > steps? I've tried several different addresses.
>
> >
>
> > Thankfully, I am a bit better at flying than computers...
>
> >
>
> > Cheers,
>
> >
>
> > Firstlight
>
>
>
> Your header info says your posting method or program is "G2/1.0". What
>
> is that??? :)
>
>
>
> But whatever it is, if it is an offline usenet reader, then it should
>
> have the capability to e-mail out. You'd need to check that at least
>
> the sending server is correct (must match the sending server of your
>
> ISP), and that you use your own e-mail address (or clearly, you won't
>
> receive them! :) ).
>
>
>
> --
>
> Duncan.