Well, I've joined the broadband revolution at last. What fun!
Everything is very fast, and because we can still use the phone while
I'm online I feel as though I've suddenly added a couple of extra hours
to the day.

Mind you, although setting up the adsl connection was easy, I can't get
me damn newsgroups to download, although I've read the instructions
very carefully and seem to be doing everything as instructed. I shall
phone them tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm using the Google groups
website to access usenet. Haven't tried this since the days of Deja
News... I'm hoping it comes out correctly!

ally

On 28 Apr 2005 16:14:04 -0700, a l l y wrote:


> Mind you, although setting up the adsl connection was easy, I can't 
> get me damn newsgroups to download, although I've read the 
> instructions very carefully and seem to be doing everything as 
> instructed.


Hope you have got your firewall turned on...

Where are you trying to get news from? Do you get any useful error 
messages or just a typical windows "I can't do it, but I'm not going 
to tell you why" thing. 

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

a l l y wrote:

> Well, I've joined the broadband revolution at last. What fun!
> Everything is very fast, and because we can still use the phone while
> I'm online I feel as though I've suddenly added a couple of extra
> hours to the day.
>
> Mind you, although setting up the adsl connection was easy, I can't
> get me damn newsgroups to download, although I've read the
> instructions very carefully and seem to be doing everything as
> instructed. I shall phone them tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm
> using the Google groups website to access usenet. Haven't tried this
> since the days of Deja News... I'm hoping it comes out correctly!
>
> ally


Nuthin' shoulda changed... How do you normally get/read your News? OE, Forte 
Agent, Thunderbird, ....?

Does that mean I'm allowed to send you Kai Hsia's photies from the 
Cockermouth boink now?

Kez. . .

a l l y wrote:

> Well, I've joined the broadband revolution at last. What fun!
> Everything is very fast, and because we can still use the phone while
> I'm online I feel as though I've suddenly added a couple of extra hours
> to the day.
> 
> Mind you, although setting up the adsl connection was easy, I can't get
> me damn newsgroups to download, although I've read the instructions
> very carefully and seem to be doing everything as instructed. I shall
> phone them tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm using the Google groups
> website to access usenet. Haven't tried this since the days of Deja
> News... I'm hoping it comes out correctly!
> 
> ally
> 


Unless you've changed your browser/client, there shouldn't be any 
difference in the method you use to access it.

Jp-wheeeeee-cable's-even-faster

"Dirty Sanchez"  wrote in message
news:42721052_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...

> Does that mean I'm allowed to send you Kai Hsia's photies from the
> Cockermouth boink now?


Errrr, um....blimey.....Draw Sanchez, yo dorty hobre^  (oops!)

Edith-ontwae-oop't dancers.

Well I've changed everything - that's the trouble. New computer, new
operating system, new isp - the lot. The old PC is still here, and I
have to keep swapping the monitor between the two of them at the
moment, and will go on doing until I've got all my files etc
transferred across, and I could still get online with the old one
using dial-up if I wanted, but I'm trying to get the new one set up
just now.

The tecchy guy on the phone thought something was blocking my port 119
but even disabling my firewall & virus checker made no difference. Any
ideas? Where do the more independant people get their newsgroups now,
anyway? That German site started charging people - where do you go
now?

Anyway Kezzi - the answer is yes, please, send me the pix. And no,
Edith, they're not dirty photies, though I guess it's possible you
might be in some of them!

ally
Anyone wanting to email - my old address is still valid. Don't use the
yahoo one I'm using here - I never check it.

"allly"  wrote in message
news:38adbd05.0504300447.418d6ea3@posting.google.com...

> Well I've changed everything - that's the trouble. New computer, new
> operating system, new isp - the lot. The old PC is still here, and I
> have to keep swapping the monitor between the two of them at the
> moment, and will go on doing until I've got all my files etc
> transferred across, and I could still get online with the old one
> using dial-up if I wanted, but I'm trying to get the new one set up
> just now.
>
> The tecchy guy on the phone thought something was blocking my port 119
> but even disabling my firewall & virus checker made no difference. Any
> ideas? Where do the more independant people get their newsgroups now,
> anyway? That German site started charging people - where do you go
> now?


Telenor have bought up Tiscali. They'll do anything to stop anyone from
getting anything cheaper or for free. They can break the laws boikotting
because they are so economically powerfull that they just pay their finds
and bu883er everyone else, especially the little folk. Someone should shove
a stick--up---in their spokes.

>
> Anyway Kezzi - the answer is yes, please, send me the pix. And no,
> Edith, they're not dirty photies, though I guess it's possible you
> might be in some of them!


That was below the belt. How are your big green knickers then? Anyhow, you
didn't get that shot of me under the table. Pot luck. :P

>
> ally
> Anyone wanting to email - my old address is still valid. Don't use the
> yahoo one I'm using here - I never check it.


:0P

On 30 Apr 2005 05:47:23 -0700, allly wrote:



> but even disabling my firewall & virus checker made no difference. 
> Any ideas? 


Gone through with a fine tooth comb checking for typos in all the 
config dialogues? Tried changing to something different, saving, 
checking it's remembered the new setting and then change it back?


> Where do the more independant people get their newsgroups now,
> anyway? That German site started charging people - where do you go
> now?


The german site...  news.individual.net EU10/year (approx £7) is well worth it for a fast, well connected, reliable and supported news 
service. One group I was in got seriously spammed the other month, 
they blocked the postings (comming it at several 100's/hr) after a 
couple of hours other news services let the whole lot through, well 
over 10,000 posts.

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

Dave Liquorice wrote:

> On 30 Apr 2005 05:47:23 -0700, allly wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>but even disabling my firewall & virus checker made no difference. 
>>Any ideas? 
> 
> 
> Gone through with a fine tooth comb checking for typos in all the 
> config dialogues? Tried changing to something different, saving, 
> checking it's remembered the new setting and then change it back?
> 
> 
>>Where do the more independant people get their newsgroups now,
>>anyway? That German site started charging people - where do you go
>>now?
> 
> 
> The german site...  news.individual.net EU10/year (approx 7) is well 
> worth it for a fast, well connected, reliable and supported news 
> service. One group I was in got seriously spammed the other month, 
> they blocked the postings (comming it at several 100's/hr) after a 
> couple of hours other news services let the whole lot through, well 
> over 10,000 posts.
> 


Hi, Dave

Do they take Credit Card payments? Their letter to me wasn't very clear 
about it. For the time being I'm using my ISP's in-house news server, 
and, when I'm not at home, I'm looking in through Google Groups.


Jp

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:31:02 -0400, Jpinny wrote:



>> The german site...  news.individual.net EU10/year (approx £7) 
>
> Do they take Credit Card payments? 


Yes via a third party e-commerce provider. The only thing I don't like 
is the fact they set up a regular, annual, debit rather than a one off 
payment then sending renewal notices. I can see the reasons, costs and 
admin load, from processing the renewal notices or fielding the "my 
news has stopped working emails", when people fail to renew. The 
latter probably being the most expensive.

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 

> 
> Telenor have bought up Tiscali. They'll do anything to stop anyone from
> getting anything cheaper or for free. They can break the laws boikotting
> because they are so economically powerfull that they just pay their finds
> and bu883er everyone else, especially the little folk. Someone should shove
> a stick--up---in their spokes.
> >

I've got a tiscali account, but it's only a pay-as-you-go one that I
use to soak up spam on my websites so I'm not that bothered about it.
It seems to work ok, and it doesn't let most of the spams through
anyway, so I've no complaints and I don't really care who owns it. I
didn't use them for my broadband connection.



> > Anyway Kezzi - the answer is yes, please, send me the pix. And no,
> > Edith, they're not dirty photies, though I guess it's possible you
> > might be in some of them!
> 
> That was below the belt. How are your big green knickers then? Anyhow, you
> didn't get that shot of me under the table. Pot luck. :P
> >

Huh? You mean you'd rather be in them if they *were* dirty photos?
Well, I'm sure we could set something up for your next visit. I used
to know a guy who did porn photography...

My big green knickers are getting too big for me, Edith - I'm losing
weight. I need a belt to hold them up these days. Would you like my
spare pair?

ally

"allly"  wrote in message
news:38adbd05.0505011228.5d8ea930@posting.google.com...

> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> >
> > Telenor have bought up Tiscali. They'll do anything to stop anyone from
> > getting anything cheaper or for free. They can break the laws boikotting
> > because they are so economically powerfull that they just pay their
finds
> > and bu883er everyone else, especially the little folk. Someone should
shove
> > a stick--up---in their spokes.
> > >
> I've got a tiscali account, but it's only a pay-as-you-go one that I
> use to soak up spam on my websites so I'm not that bothered about it.
> It seems to work ok, and it doesn't let most of the spams through
> anyway, so I've no complaints and I don't really care who owns it. I
> didn't use them for my broadband connection.


It's the monopol of it. They swallow up their contesters.....but it's
getting better. If we could only get into a united Europe.

>
>
> > > Anyway Kezzi - the answer is yes, please, send me the pix. And no,
> > > Edith, they're not dirty photies, though I guess it's possible you
> > > might be in some of them!
> >
> > That was below the belt. How are your big green knickers then? Anyhow,
you
> > didn't get that shot of me under the table. Pot luck. :P
> > >
> Huh? You mean you'd rather be in them if they *were* dirty photos?
> Well, I'm sure we could set something up for your next visit. I used
> to know a guy who did porn photography...


I bet you did. Did you pose?

>
> My big green knickers are getting too big for me, Edith - I'm losing
> weight. I need a belt to hold them up these days. Would you like my
> spare pair?
>
> ally


Yes please. I always wanted to own a tent.
(BTW-Don't lose too much weight. Be careful) and BTW everyone is losing
weight except me. HOW do you do it?

Desperately, Edith.