JN

Jack Novak

22/09/2009 4:06 PM

Astraweb News

Since Verizon will be dumping their news groups shortly I just signed up
for Astraweb's news service. I chose the 25GB option to try it out.
So far sign-up and set-up was simple, although I first forgot to point
my news reader to use "NewsProxy")

It's good to be able to access "alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking" again.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA


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LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

22/09/2009 9:18 PM


"Leon" wrote:

> Except, a.b.p.w. is almost likea ghost town these days. FWIW I use
> Giganews for $3 a month and get 2 gig. I seldom use much over 10-15
> meg. Too bad there is no roll over. LOL

Use Astraweb with OE6 and convert the $3/month into a $2 Chuck
ration.<G>

Lew


LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 9:45 AM

Leon wrote:

> OE6! OE6???? LOL I have OE8 but use Firefox 3.53.

Whatever floats your boat as long as it provides a source of $2 Chuck
rations.

BTW, why does Firefox enter into the dialog about e-mail?

Lew


Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 10:24 AM

Leon wrote:
>>
>
> OE6! OE6???? LOL I have OE8 but use Firefox 3.53. In fact OE8 crashed
> when I just now opened it to check its version. LOL

You must use *IE* 8. The last version of Outlook Express is 6.00. You used
OE 6.00.5843 to post your message.

Firefox will give your cat warts. If you don't have a cat, you should be
okay.

ee

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

22/09/2009 4:21 PM

On Sep 22, 3:06=A0pm, Jack Novak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since Verizon will be dumping their news groups shortly I just signed up
> =A0 for Astraweb's news service. =A0I chose the 25GB option to try it out=
.
> So far sign-up and set-up was simple, although I first forgot to point
> my news reader to use "NewsProxy")
>
> It's good to be able to access "alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking" again.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA

I paid the 25 bucks for 180 gig last June. According to my
calculations I'm downloading less than a gigabyte a month, which means
I'll need to resubscribe about 2039 or so. Fastest news server I've
ever used, and I first found usenet in 1991.

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 10:35 AM


"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>>>
>>
>> OE6! OE6???? LOL I have OE8 but use Firefox 3.53. In fact OE8
>> crashed when I just now opened it to check its version. LOL
>
> You must use *IE* 8. The last version of Outlook Express is 6.00. You used
> OE 6.00.5843 to post your message.
>
> Firefox will give your cat warts. If you don't have a cat, you should be
> okay.
>

DOH! Thanks for pointing out the obvious?

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 8:48 AM


"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" wrote:
>
>> Except, a.b.p.w. is almost likea ghost town these days. FWIW I use
>> Giganews for $3 a month and get 2 gig. I seldom use much over 10-15 meg.
>> Too bad there is no roll over. LOL
>
> Use Astraweb with OE6 and convert the $3/month into a $2 Chuck ration.<G>
>
> Lew
>
>
>

OE6! OE6???? LOL I have OE8 but use Firefox 3.53. In fact OE8 crashed
when I just now opened it to check its version. LOL

Hn

Han

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 12:45 AM

Jack Novak <[email protected]> wrote in news:00b228a2$0$29117$c3e8da3
@news.astraweb.com:

> Since Verizon will be dumping their news groups shortly I just signed up
> for Astraweb's news service. I chose the 25GB option to try it out.
> So far sign-up and set-up was simple, although I first forgot to point
> my news reader to use "NewsProxy")
>
> It's good to be able to access "alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking" again.
>
I have been using astraweb for over a year now. 25GB for $10. Used about
1 GB so far. In 24 more years I'll be close to 90 ...


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 1:33 PM


"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>
>> OE6! OE6???? LOL I have OE8 but use Firefox 3.53.
>
> Whatever floats your boat as long as it provides a source of $2 Chuck
> rations.
>
> BTW, why does Firefox enter into the dialog about e-mail?
>
> Lew


I believe I have already answered that question. I was having a senior
moment. LOL sorry.

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

23/09/2009 10:38 AM


"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>

>>
>
> DOH! Thanks for pointing out the obvious?


Just in case, Seriously, thanks for pointing out what should have been
obvious "to me". I was not trying to be a SA although after rereading what
I posted in response I could see it could easily be interpreted as offensive
towards you, which it was not intended to be.

Whew!

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Jack Novak on 22/09/2009 4:06 PM

22/09/2009 9:55 PM


"Jack Novak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Since Verizon will be dumping their news groups shortly I just signed up
> for Astraweb's news service. I chose the 25GB option to try it out.
> So far sign-up and set-up was simple, although I first forgot to point my
> news reader to use "NewsProxy")
>
> It's good to be able to access "alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking" again.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA

Except, a.b.p.w. is almost likea ghost town these days. FWIW I use Giganews
for $3 a month and get 2 gig. I seldom use much over 10-15 meg. Too bad
there is no roll over. LOL


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