NNTP Inline 6 - newsgroup is born!

[Clams Canino]

FINALLY!!

I had a friend of mine in England that runs a very stable commercial news-server put up a free newsgroup dedicated to the care, feeding. and preservation of inline 6's.

The news server is: news.kraits.org

The newsgroup is: bigweek.mercury-inlines

If you don't know how to configure outlook express to subscribe to a news-server - gimme a holler.


The group is brand new today - it is my hope to make it a regular stop on the tour for the inline 6 guru's and lovers.

-W

[MYork]

to ask how. Usually one sends a "subscribe" message. Is this not the way? Pretty neat idea! Thanks! Mark

[Clams Canino]

Using Outllook Express it's:

tools / accounts / news (tab) / add (button) / news

then follow the wizzard.
use news.kraits.org as the NNTP server.

when your done it will ask if you want to download a list of newsgroups on the server - say yes.

Then select bigweek.mercury-inlines and click "subscribe"

From there on it works like any usened newsserver...

-W

[Jeff_G]

My newsgroup client can't find the server news.kraits.org

[Clams Canino]

Jeff, that's odd ???

3 peeps have found it so far. (but it's only been up a day) Let me take a look see. I trust you've subscribed to stray servers before with success?

-W

[Clams Canino]

Jeff,

The IP is 195.8.68.219 try using that instead of news.kraits.org


The reason for using news.kraits.org though, instead of the IP, is that once (about a year ago) the IP of the server changed. Those using DNS lookup were OK - those using the IP were hosed.

This server is on the UK's news.clara.net system.
A friend and employee there set up a "secret server within a server" thingie and creates NNTP newsgroups by request.

The server itself has long term stability. (at least it did before all the bull**** with ISP's failing the last few months <grin>

-W

[MYork]

but haven't received any messages. Have any gone through? MY

[Clams Canino]

It doesn't send merssages to your mailbox - it works like any usenet message board. You find the group and click "subscribe" then you''ll get an icon in Outlook to click to go there to read and post.

It's a standard NNTP newgroup server. (like the alt.newsgroups)

-W

[MYork]

I think! I was able to read the messages, and I sent a reply. Thanks! Mark owner of "The Cork."

[Clams Canino]

Yeppers - you go tit.

-W