On Nov 20, 1:56*am, John Smith wrote:
Ramy wrote:
First try accessing it through googlegroups:

No, don't!

Ask your Internet provider how to access its nntp-Server.

And why not, may I ask? I dumped newsreaders long ago and find

Because, for example, users that post via Google Groups tend to not trim
the quoted text which makes following a thread a major nuisance. RAS is
a textbook example for this.

True. I forgot to add that Google group also doing better job on
hiding quoted text.
One more reason to prefer google groups.

Ramy