AOL discontinuing Newsgroup access !

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> Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using th­e new Google
> "Groups" feature

Can you filter stuff on Google Groups? I'm using it but can't find the
filtering and now I'm seeing a lot of posts from turkeys I was able to
filter out via AOL

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"Darrell" <dev/null> wrote in message
news:RcidnYs3YptJnmbcRVn-3w@rogers.com...
>
> "Sam Ormes" <sormes@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20050128222205.12925.00000235@mb-m11.aol.com...
> > AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access
to
> > Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google
> > "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much
> easier to
> > read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too.
>
> I could send a nasty letter asking AOL to TOS you for posting an off-topic
> and off-charter post to this group....
>
>
Hey that'd be good. Then we'd lose both of you!

Doug

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In article <RcidnYs3YptJnmbcRVn-3w@rogers.com>, Darrell wrote:

> "Sam Ormes" <sormes@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20050128222205.12925.00000235@mb-m11.aol.com...
> > AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to
> > Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google
> > "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much
> easier to
> > read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too.
>
> I could send a nasty letter asking AOL to TOS you for posting an off-topic
> and off-charter post to this group....

he posted this to a LOT of groups.

a perfect example of why it is *good* aol is killing off newsgroup
access.

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In article <20050128222205.12925.00000235@mb-m11.aol.com>, Sam Ormes
<sormes@aol.com> wrote:

> AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop access to
> Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google
> "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much easier
> to read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too.

I'm flabbergasted. Someone actually LIKES the way AOL handled usenet?
On the rare occasion I actually used it, it was like punding my head on
concrete - it seemd deliberately designed to be as awkward as possibe
to discourage its use.

Please, if AOL seems good to you, either get counseling or try an
actual newsreader (with a real newsgroup service).

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In article <290120050932251174%not@aol.com>, Scott Schuckert
<not@aol.com> wrote:

> I'm flabbergasted. Someone actually LIKES the way AOL handled usenet?
> On the rare occasion I actually used it, it was like punding my head on
> concrete - it seemd deliberately designed to be as awkward as possibe
> to discourage its use.
>
> Please, if AOL seems good to you, either get counseling or try an
> actual newsreader (with a real newsgroup service).

They have never used anything else. They just don't know better. They
don't even know what a newsgroup is. Same thing with webtv users. They
think it is the greatest when it is the worst!

--
Charles

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>Subject: Re: AOL discontinuing Newsgroup access !
>From: Alfred Molon alfred_molonREMOVE@yahoo.com
>Date: 1/29/2005 10:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <MPG.1c65f5397d2feda598a985@news.supernews.com>
>
>In article <423bdb90ed6c482187e3befda79f4870@PhotoKB.com>, chas raster
>via PhotoKB.com says...
>> They have a Usenet (newsgroups) gateway at this site, just follow the links
>to the Forum area. It's photography related only.
>>
>> http://talkphoto.net
>
>Nice project. Unfortunately vBulletin doesn't also mirror the thread
>structure, i.e. all posts are sequentialised and the tree structure is
>lost.
>--
>
>Alfred Molon
>------------------------------

If I dump AOL where should I go for easy newsgroup access?




Arthur Kramer
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England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
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Hmmm, I'm not really sure what you mena (?) If you click on a newsgroup at that forum, you will see each thread and all it's replies grouped under one post with the 'reply' totals over on the right side. Click on a post and you see the original post and all the replies. Furthermore, if you becoem a member you can click 'reply' and your post will end up on the Usenet in the approprioate thread and newsgroup.
Try it out and see,

Chas.

http://talkphoto.net

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Re: AOL discontinuing Newsgroup access !

Group: rec.photo.digital Date: Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 10:24am (CST+1) From:
fort514@mac.com
In article <290120050932251174%not@aol.com>, Scott Schuckert
<not@aol.com> wrote:
I'm flabbergasted. Someone actually LIKES the way AOL handled usenet? On
the rare occasion I actually used it, it was like punding my head on
concrete - it seemd deliberately designed to be as awkward as possibe to
discourage its use.
Please, if AOL seems good to you, either get counseling or try an actual
newsreader (with a real newsgroup service).

(Charles) wrote:
They have never used anything else. They just don't know better. They
don't even know what a newsgroup is.

Same thing with webtv users. They think it is the greatest when it is
the worst!
==========================

Are you sure about that?
http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOvercomer02/doc1/



Cody,

http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOve [...] raphyLinks

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On 29 Jan 2005 03:22:05 GMT
In message <20050128222205.12925.00000235@mb-m11.aol.com>
Posted from AOL http://www.aol.com
sormes@aol.com (Sam Ormes) wrote:

> AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that
> service will stop access to Newsgroups.

Watch how the trolls crawl out of their AOL
hiding places. I wonder if they know how
tight the ties are between google and various
international investigation agencies...

(They won't care until the inevitable happens;-)

Jeff