From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 7 12:47:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA14022 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:47:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14008 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:47:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA29302; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:50 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:50 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Clarence Griffin cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'news' servers In-Reply-To: <002D1126.003144@ed.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Clarence Griffin wrote: > > hi folks, > > I've been told that I can use any news server I know the DNS name for. Not quite right. There aren't too many open news-servers out there anymore... > Unfortunately, I don't know any names nor how to find one. > > Can someone please tell me the name of a 'news server', or give me > guidance on how I can find the names of some? You ask your ISP. They're usually a good source for USENET services. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When you want to test the depth of a stream, don't use both feet. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message