Any suggestions for free newsgroup reader...

Hey Steve... Normalized after Ike yet? The store in Houston that I do web work for (Arne's) is still closed and hopes to reopen in a few weeks..

I don't know of any free services, but I recommend APN.... It's only $3 a month.. Good service, all groups that I read are supplied, good retention, no ads, etc...

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Steve,

rec.crafts.woodturning can be accessed via Google. Just sign into Google groups and add it to your list. Best of all, its FREE!!

`Casper

An informative link ...

news.datemas.de news.motzarella.org

Jr

And the user interface sucks bigtime (no killfiles, etc.)

Teranews: Cost $4 one timme fee. Glorb.net: cost $10 a year (that's what I use) Some people use aioe.org - free.

Steve

Try this. Works for me and is better than that provided by my ISP.

They don't do binaries.

BillR

See:

I use individual.net. It's not free, but it's really inexpensive. No binary groups, though.

Hello Mac,

Thanks for the tip... Yes, we are (well mostly) back to normal after Ike. My Internet service goes down almost every day for some period of time, but that's about the only lingering thing for us. Our storm debris has even been picked up, so we're getting back in the groove.

We were lucky to have sustained no damage to our home or property, other than a bit of fencing that was blown down. Several neighbours near me had trees blown into their homes, or garages. We lost small limbs only, no trees at all. I'll take a look at APN... Thanks again.

Hello Casper,

Woo Hoo! Thanks! About the only time I use Google is for a search... Guess I need to take a good look around. :-) Take care and best wishes to you and yours!

Hello Jr,

Thanks for the links... I will check them out! Take care and best wishes to you and yours!

Hello Max,

I guess there's no free lunch... :-( I don't mind paying a little, but $30.00 per month for a newsgroup feed is unacceptable. I'll take a look at your suggestions. Thanks again and best wishes to you and yours!

Hello Dave,

Thanks for the links... I need to find something in the next week or so. Thanks again and take care!

Hello Bill,

Thanks for the tip... I've heard about this reader before, but did not recall it until I saw some of the posts here. Thanks again and best wishes to you and yours!

You are most welcome Steve.

Google isn't just a search engine anymore. I don't use all the google features (ex: gmail) but for free and readily available from any internet PC, it's hard to not notice it has its uses.

Hubby and I both are computer engineers. We don't always agree (he keeps trying to get me into gmail but I already have 5 email accounts!), but we often agree on user friendly things, especially when they are friendly on the wallet.

Best wishes to you too! `Casper