New Google Groups format

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?

Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/


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On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-8, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?
Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/
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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

I've given up on Thunderbird. Clearly I have no idea how to set it up as a newsreader for rec.aviation.soaring and I am too dumb to understand the fragmentary (for me) help.

On 11/13/20 6:59 PM, jp wrote:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-8, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?
Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/
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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

I've given up on Thunderbird. Clearly I have no idea how to set it up as a newsreader for rec.aviation.soaring and I am too dumb to understand the fragmentary (for me) help.


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...sgroup-account

Similar to configuring an email account.

On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:33:10 PM UTC-8, kinsell wrote:
On 11/13/20 6:59 PM, jp wrote:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-8, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?
Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/
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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

I've given up on Thunderbird. Clearly I have no idea how to set it up as a newsreader for rec.aviation.soaring and I am too dumb to understand the fragmentary (for me) help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...sgroup-account

Similar to configuring an email account.

I have read that support document and tried to follow it but had no success.. For one thing, I guess I don't know what to put in for the name of the rec.aviation.soaring newsgroup. I put in rec.aviation.soaring, tried , and a few other guesses but none apparently worked. I'm likely screwing it up somehow on my Mac.

jp wrote on 11/13/2020 7:44 PM:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:33:10 PM UTC-8, kinsell wrote:
On 11/13/20 6:59 PM, jp wrote:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-8, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?
Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/
--
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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

I've given up on Thunderbird. Clearly I have no idea how to set it up as a newsreader for rec.aviation.soaring and I am too dumb to understand the fragmentary (for me) help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...sgroup-account

Similar to configuring an email account.

I have read that support document and tried to follow it but had no success.. For one thing, I guess I don't know what to put in for the name of the rec.aviation.soaring newsgroup. I put in rec.aviation.soaring, tried , and a few other guesses but none apparently worked. I'm likely screwing it up somehow on my Mac.

I use this for the location:

news://nntp.aoie.org:119/rec.aviation.soaring

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On 11/13/20 9:42 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
jp wrote on 11/13/2020 7:44 PM:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:33:10 PM UTC-8, kinsell wrote:
On 11/13/20 6:59 PM, jp wrote:
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-8, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:33:39 -0800, Stu Venters wrote:

Is there a good free one?
Eternal-September, http://www.eternal-september.org/
--
--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

I've given up on Thunderbird. Clearly I have no idea how to set it
up as a newsreader for rec.aviation.soaring and I am too dumb to
understand the fragmentary (for me) help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...sgroup-account

Similar to configuring an email account.

I have read that support document and tried to follow it but had no
success..Â* For one thing, I guess I don't know what to put in for the
name of the rec.aviation.soaring newsgroup.Â* I put in
rec.aviation.soaring, tried , and
a few other guesses but none apparently worked.Â* I'm likely screwing
it up somehow on my Mac.

I use this for the location:

news://nntp.aoie.org:119/rec.aviation.soaring


Using eternal-september as the server, my location is:

news://eternal-september.org:119/rec.aviation.soaring

You'll need an account at one of the free or paid usenet servers, and
they would have that information for you.

-Dave

I now registered with eternal-september, installed Thunderbird on my PC, configured it to connect to that server, and it works. Thanks! Only works for Usenet groups though, not true Google Groups such as our club forum.

To make it work in Thunderbird, I gave it this server name: "news.eternal-september.org", and then in the Server Settings, need to check "always request authentication when connecting to this server". The first time you connect, Thunderbird will ask you for the username (that you chose in eternal-september), and the password (that it emailed after registration). After that Thunderbird will remember those and login for you silently.