Since Google "improved" their "Google groups", I can't seem to post
under my old moniker, "Never Enough Money". Instead it shows my e-mail
address. How do I get my old monoker back? I notice many postings still
use nicknames -- they must not be using Google.
BTW, the new Google groups is fantastic in every other way.. especially
the "starred topics" feature.
[email protected] wrote:
> Since Google "improved" their "Google groups", I can't seem to post
> under my old moniker, "Never Enough Money". Instead it shows my
e-mail
> address. How do I get my old monoker back? I notice many postings
still
> use nicknames -- they must not be using Google.
>
> BTW, the new Google groups is fantastic in every other way..
especially
> the "starred topics" feature.
And I quote from Google Groups Help:
Browse Google Groups Beta Support
Groups Support > For Google Groups Users
How can I change my nickname?
Once you've signed in, click the 'Manage my subscriptions' link on
the main Google Groups page. Then type in the nickname you'd like to
use for each group you've joined or designate one nickname for all
groups. Don't forget to save your changes.
You can change your nickname whenever you submit a new posting. Just
click 'change nickname' next to your name.
If this does not answer your question, please search or browse Google
Groups Beta Support for more assistance. If you are unable to find your
answer, please contact us.
Hope it helps.
-Phil Crow
I post through netscape 4.8 news reader through my ISP.
[email protected] wrote:
> Since Google "improved" their "Google groups", I can't seem to post
> under my old moniker, "Never Enough Money". Instead it shows my e-mail
> address. How do I get my old monoker back? I notice many postings still
> use nicknames -- they must not be using Google.
>
> BTW, the new Google groups is fantastic in every other way.. especially
> the "starred topics" feature.
[email protected] wrote:
> address. How do I get my old monoker back? I notice many postings still
> use nicknames -- they must not be using Google.
And it boggles your mind why, exactly? A number of threads related to
Google's new beta some flummy have been cropping up all over the place, and
I still have practically no idea what you guys are whining about. There
are a gazillion newsreaders for every platform known to man.
--
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Dave in Fairfax wrote:
> The problem occurs when you have an ISP that doesn't host
> newsgroups. Then you have to find a way to connect to them. If
http://www.individual.net/
Problem solved. Their only unusual stipulation is that they require people
to post with a working reply address, even if it's pointed at some hotmail
account they never intend to read.
I guess I'm just old school, but I've never seen a newsreader built into a
web browser or a web-based usenet (or email) interface that didn't
thoroughly suck. I guess that stuff is good if you use different computers
in different places a lot.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
Swingman wrote:
> However, things ain't the same in more ways than one: I've posted over
> 4000 messages in this forum in the last few years. About 3200 showed up on
> a search with the original beta a couple of weeks back, and only 1450
> showed up today under the new system.
Oh no. You mean my 25,000 message legacy just evaporated? I wrote all of
that stuff for posterior, and now it's gone?
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
Swingman wrote:
>
> "Silvan" wrote in message ...
>
>>I wrote all of that stuff for posterior ...
>
> Well, you know what they say, get it in your head, blow it out your ass.
>
> ;>)
And I'm so deeply, deeply depressed, because everything I eat turns to shit.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
On 12 Dec 2004 04:44:18 -0800, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since Google "improved" their "Google groups", I can't seem to post
> under my old moniker, "Never Enough Money". Instead it shows my e-mail
> address. How do I get my old monoker back? I notice many postings still
> use nicknames -- they must not be using Google.
news.individual.net is a good, free usenet server that you can use from
your existing isp account. Free, fast, reliable, and they're very good
about cancelling spam posts.
Dave Hinz
Silvan wrote:
> And it boggles your mind why, exactly? A number of threads related to
> Google's new beta some flummy have been cropping up all over the place, and
> I still have practically no idea what you guys are whining about. There
> are a gazillion newsreaders for every platform known to man.
The problem occurs when you have an ISP that doesn't host
newsgroups. Then you have to find a way to connect to them. If
you're using Google to get to the usenet and haven't already,
check with your ISP, you may be able to bypass Google entirely.
Then the question of newsreaders comes into play. Assuming that
you don't like the one built into your browser. Netscape has one
built in, Firefox, Agent, Xnews and plenty of others are out there
for free if you want to avoid using MS products.
Dave in Fairfax
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"Silvan" wrote in message
> And it boggles your mind why, exactly? A number of threads related to
> Google's new beta some flummy have been cropping up all over the place,
and
> I still have practically no idea what you guys are whining about. There
> are a gazillion newsreaders for every platform known to man.
I only use Google to search/research Usenet archives and it appears that
they took the beta carping to heart.
The "new" search page returns on Usenet this morning, when I was looking for
drill sizes for 10-32 threaded brass inserts in the Wreck archives, works,
and looks, better than it did a week or so ago.
However, things ain't the same in more ways than one: I've posted over 4000
messages in this forum in the last few years. About 3200 showed up on a
search with the original beta a couple of weeks back, and only 1450 showed
up today under the new system.
Point is, they've also obviously changed something besides the "look".
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"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Oh no. You mean my 25,000 message legacy just evaporated? I wrote all of
> that stuff for posterior, and now it's gone?
Well, if you consider that a goodly portion of them were about your wife,
then you can consider them to be disposable anyway. :)
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:24:21 -0600, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Prometheus" wrote in message
>
>> offers usenet- when it feels like it. So for $11.95/mo I just
>> subscribed to Giganews, and it's a far sight better than any of the
>> ISP offered servers I've seen.
>
>Hate to brag on it, but you're right about Giganews.
Just to chime in with a third endorsement for Giganews. I tried Teranews
and had a) intermittent service, even with the paid subscription and b) for
some reason was unable to download all binaries from abpf or abpw; some
posts would just hang and not provide data. This could have been partially
the fault of DirecWay, my ISP, but between trying to understand some person
on the other side of the world (or make them understand my problem) after
interminable hold times and TeraNews's pretty much unhelpful help desk, I
decided life was too short to spend time to get others to improve their
service and just switched. So far, I can now see all postings on the
binary sites and have yet to get a "server unavailable" error from
Teranews. I still had problems with the binaries the first day or two
after switching, but a computer reboot cleared out whatever vestiges of
Teranews that Agent was apparently still carrying with it.
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:06:48 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Silvan wrote:
>> And it boggles your mind why, exactly? A number of threads related to
>> Google's new beta some flummy have been cropping up all over the place, and
>> I still have practically no idea what you guys are whining about. There
>> are a gazillion newsreaders for every platform known to man.
>
>The problem occurs when you have an ISP that doesn't host
>newsgroups. Then you have to find a way to connect to them. If
>you're using Google to get to the usenet and haven't already,
>check with your ISP, you may be able to bypass Google entirely.
>Then the question of newsreaders comes into play. Assuming that
>you don't like the one built into your browser. Netscape has one
>built in, Firefox, Agent, Xnews and plenty of others are out there
>for free if you want to avoid using MS products.
Mine does offer newsgroups- or at least it did. Now it umm... kinda
offers usenet- when it feels like it. So for $11.95/mo I just
subscribed to Giganews, and it's a far sight better than any of the
ISP offered servers I've seen. Much faster, and with almost insane
retention rates. There are also a lot of free text-only news servers
if you search on the Google string "news server." I'm sure there are
some reasons to use Google for Usenet, but I just can't stand using
the WWW for the application. That Google setup is just irritating to
me! (the old one and the new one alike)
>Dave in Fairfax
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