Hi,

I am fairly new to these newsgroups, and have up until now been reading
and replying to the messages at
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cars.maintenance.

Judging by some of the replies (with embedded quotes, etc), there seems
to be an alternative place to read and reply to these same messages
from, but I have not located it.

Would SKS please advise on the alternative location, please.

Thank you in advance,
'NT'

In article , 
motforum@btinternet.com says...

> Hi,
> 
> I am fairly new to these newsgroups, and have up until now been reading
> and replying to the messages at
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cars.maintenance.
> 
> Judging by some of the replies (with embedded quotes, etc), there seems
> to be an alternative place to read and reply to these same messages
> from, but I have not located it.
> 
> Would SKS please advise on the alternative location, please.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 'NT'


Most usually done through a dedicated program rather than a website, 
called a Newsreader - similar to an email program, but talks NNTP 
(Network News Transfer Protocol) instead of the email protocols.

http://www.newsreaders.com/ is a good place to get started.

Cheers,
-- 
James Dore,
IT Officer,
New College
james.dore@new / it-support@new

"NT"  wrote in message 
news:1127139751.476866.142510@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...

Outlook Express is probably the easiest.
It's on most, if not all Windows computers

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from "NT"  contains these words:


> Judging by some of the replies (with embedded quotes, etc), there seems
> to be an alternative place to read and reply to these same messages
> from, but I have not located it.


It's called usenet and predates the widespread use of the WorldWideWeb.
Using a web interface to read it is hard work and better ways exist. 

What you need is a news client - there are plenty out there and a list
of them here...
http://www.winplanet.com/category/2248-1-d.htm

You also need a news server. Your btinternet account should include
access to one - details may be here.
http://www.btofaq.net/articles/newsgroups.html

-- 
Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

On 19 Sep 2005 07:22:31 -0700, "NT"  wrote:


>Hi,
>
>I am fairly new to these newsgroups, and have up until now been reading
>and replying to the messages at
>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cars.maintenance.
>
>Judging by some of the replies (with embedded quotes, etc), there seems
>to be an alternative place to read and reply to these same messages
>from, but I have not located it.
>
>Would SKS please advise on the alternative location, please.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>'NT'


Do this through a newsreader. If you use Outlook Express for email that
will do it, as will many other mail clients; you just need to get your
ISP's news server details which should be on their support pages.
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