Re: Anyone using news.individual.de?

[Ckyp]

me@privacy.net wrote:
>me@privacy.net wrote:
>> Anyone posting or reading via this new server? I've been using it
>> several years--first when it was free, and now I pay the subscription.
>> But, something strange is going on.
>>
>> Last night, I was searching messages for a txn I had posted some time
>> ago, and found it, but it had expired (news.individual.de only keeps
>> about 2 months of postings active). Anyway, I went back this afternoon
>> to look for it again--wanted to go to Google Groups to find it--and it
>> was NOWHERE to be seen! I DID find it in Google Groups ultimately, and
>> it was posted back in April.
>>
>> So, next I searched Google archive for a particular subject, found a
>> post dated August 27 at 1:27 AM, by Daniel Carlson, then came to my news
>> reader (Mozilla) and this news group, but the post was nowhere to be
>> found. I went on XNEWS, and there it was, plain as day. But,
>> news.individual.de didn't have it. I posted a reply to it through
>> XNEWS, and my reply shows up via the .de news group, but the original
>> post does not.
>>
>> I do have have any sort of filter or kill file, so all postings should
>> show, certainly those from a couple of days ago.
>>
>> Anyone else notice this?
>
>OOPS! A couple of errors and omissions in the lead post.
>
>Firstly, I'm using Sea Monkey 1.1.1, NOT Mozilla (OK, I know they are
>similar, but......)
>
>Next, when I went to XNEWS, I used a different news server:
>USENETMONSTER. And, the post I did in XNEWS was done through
>USENETMONSTER. Sorry for the errors!
>
>By the way, I have sent this question to news@individual.net.

I send this updated list of popular freeware programs around
periodically, to friends via email, and to appropriate news groups, in
case any of the experts see a link that is bad or out of date, or can
suggest an additional freeware link, or two, that would be worth adding
to this decidedly short list. Popular freeware only, please.

I use all of these programs, except for "avast," since experts warn
that you should only have one AV program installed and running at a
time. I also recommend the "newzbot.com" link for free usenet servers.
Some news readers, like 40tude "Dialog," allow you to use more than one
server at a time, so you'll never have to miss another post again,
provided it got through in the first place:

Free anti virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Free fire walls:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Free anti spyware etc:
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
http://www.superantispyware.com/down...NTISPYWAREFREE
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
http://www.funkytoad.com/download/HostsXpert.zip
http://www.ccleaner.com

Free news readers:
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Free public news servers:
http://www.newzbot.com/

Free news filters:
http://www.nfilter.org/
http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/...amster_de.html

Free mail filters:
http://sawin32.sourceforge.net/

Free word processors, spreadsheets, etc.:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1...focus=download

Free bibles and bible translations:
http://www.onlinebible.net/downloads.html

--

Ckypper

[louise]

Ckyp wrote:
> me@privacy.net wrote:
>> me@privacy.net wrote:
>>> Anyone posting or reading via this new server? I've been using it
>>> several years--first when it was free, and now I pay the subscription.
>>> But, something strange is going on.
>>>
>>> Last night, I was searching messages for a txn I had posted some time
>>> ago, and found it, but it had expired (news.individual.de only keeps
>>> about 2 months of postings active). Anyway, I went back this afternoon
>>> to look for it again--wanted to go to Google Groups to find it--and it
>>> was NOWHERE to be seen! I DID find it in Google Groups ultimately, and
>>> it was posted back in April.
>>>
>>> So, next I searched Google archive for a particular subject, found a
>>> post dated August 27 at 1:27 AM, by Daniel Carlson, then came to my news
>>> reader (Mozilla) and this news group, but the post was nowhere to be
>>> found. I went on XNEWS, and there it was, plain as day. But,
>>> news.individual.de didn't have it. I posted a reply to it through
>>> XNEWS, and my reply shows up via the .de news group, but the original
>>> post does not.
>>>
>>> I do have have any sort of filter or kill file, so all postings should
>>> show, certainly those from a couple of days ago.
>>>
>>> Anyone else notice this?
>> OOPS! A couple of errors and omissions in the lead post.
>>
>> Firstly, I'm using Sea Monkey 1.1.1, NOT Mozilla (OK, I know they are
>> similar, but......)
>>
>> Next, when I went to XNEWS, I used a different news server:
>> USENETMONSTER. And, the post I did in XNEWS was done through
>> USENETMONSTER. Sorry for the errors!
>>
>> By the way, I have sent this question to news@individual.net.
>
> I send this updated list of popular freeware programs around
> periodically, to friends via email, and to appropriate news groups, in
> case any of the experts see a link that is bad or out of date, or can
> suggest an additional freeware link, or two, that would be worth adding
> to this decidedly short list. Popular freeware only, please.
>
> I use all of these programs, except for "avast," since experts warn
> that you should only have one AV program installed and running at a
> time. I also recommend the "newzbot.com" link for free usenet servers.
> Some news readers, like 40tude "Dialog," allow you to use more than one
> server at a time, so you'll never have to miss another post again,
> provided it got through in the first place:
>
> Free anti virus:
> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff
> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>
> Free fire walls:
> http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
>
> Free anti spyware etc:
> http://www.spybot.info/en/download/
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
> http://www.superantispyware.com/down...NTISPYWAREFREE
> http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
> http://www.funkytoad.com/download/HostsXpert.zip
> http://www.ccleaner.com
>
> Free news readers:
> http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
> http://xnews.newsguy.com/
>
> Free public news servers:
> http://www.newzbot.com/
>
> Free news filters:
> http://www.nfilter.org/
> http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/...amster_de.html
>
> Free mail filters:
> http://sawin32.sourceforge.net/
>
> Free word processors, spreadsheets, etc.:
> http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1...focus=download
>
> Free bibles and bible translations:
> http://www.onlinebible.net/downloads.html
>
> --
>
> Ckypper
>
I use it and have been quite happy. I find retention is
longer on ngs that get fewer postings but on very active
ones, it is about two months.

My only complaint is that they don't host the IBM newgroups
- something about them not actually being in the public
domain - it's on the up and up but apparently is ignored by
other news servers. So when I want to check out IBM, I use
my pathetic newsreader from Time Warner Cable.

If you're having problems, perhaps you could be more
specific and we could check to see if I find the same
issues. I am using Thunderbird as my newsreader.

Louise

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

In alt.dbs.echostar louise <louise@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> I use it and have been quite happy. I find retention is
> longer on ngs that get fewer postings but on very active
> ones, it is about two months.
>
> My only complaint is that they don't host the IBM newgroups
> - something about them not actually being in the public
> domain - it's on the up and up but apparently is ignored by
> other news servers. So when I want to check out IBM, I use
> my pathetic newsreader from Time Warner Cable.
>
> If you're having problems, perhaps you could be more
> specific and we could check to see if I find the same
> issues. I am using Thunderbird as my newsreader.
>

I use Individual.Net as well and I have been pretty happy with them since
starting with their service a couple of weeks back. It is certainly
economical and I don't need long retention on text ... a couple of months is
fine. Google Groups can take care of the deep search.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, "The handle is one of us!"
-- Turkish proverb

[Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer]

<deleted>

I use http://www.newzbot.com/ with http://www.40tude.com/dialog/, in
conjunction with http://www.nfilter.org/. Works great, and it's free!

I like it because it's free, and you can filter down messages from multiple
servers for each group you subscribe to, ensuring that you never miss a
message, except for what you block <spam> on your end.

--

Ckypper