newsgroup tutorial

[anaconda]

hey guys
i was wondering where i can get a good newsgroup tutorial. If one exsists. I'm trying to use xnews.

Thanks to all!!

[spottydog]

This is an excellent site for info: http://www.slyck.com/
( there is a guide for Xnews )
Spottydog

[anaconda]

spottydog
thanks for reply and site!

[spottydog]

Your welcome m8

[anaconda]

spottydog,
would you be nice to show me where it is on that site? Can't seem to find it!

Thanks!

[LTR12101B]

The link staring at you from the top of the left pane?

If you're looking for binaries, they miss out one great freeware- http://bnr2.org/ - BNR2 is a binaries grabber, it is not a general purpose reader, and it has NO reply capability.

For text, other choices are:
DIALOG - http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ - excellent thread scoring features, which can help to make troll-polluted groups a little more palatable, but stability with large binary groups is a problem.

Gravity - http://gravity.tbates.org/ - it used to be shareware from Microplanet, but when they ceased distribution, they released it as freeware - SuperGravity 2.6 is a fan-developed upgrade, and there is also a sourceforge development line, with a few components replaced as their licence was not compatible with open source.

Revived from obscurity - NFILTER ... not a newsreader, but a news proxy filter that can do some cleanups that many newsreaders ought to, but can't
http://li.ve.ly/nfilter/
The additional config is tailored to the offensive troll problem in rec.photo.digital, but it can be tuned to filter out a variety of garbage.
Some better newsreaders may be able to apply similar filtering - NNTP Posting Host is a crucial one for dealing with much-abused proxies - especially those where the useless ISP never responds to complaints.

[anaconda]

hey
thanks for info!!

[spottydog]

@ anaconda, is this ok http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=3

I use Newsleecher, it is SO easy.........

[anaconda]

spottydog

thanks buddy!