Jay Honeck wrote:
Can anyone recommend any other web-based newsgroup portals?

Sorry, no. Use a real newsreader. I second the recommendations to
either 1) try out Martin Hotze's offer or 2) get a "text-only" or low-
volume account from one of the commercial news services.

Real newsreaders have been under continuous development since about 1981;
Web "newsreaders" have been under intermittent development since about
1995 or so. It shows.

Matt Roberds