It is my understanding that google does not own a.e.d., but that deja, and now google is a way to access newsgroups. Right? I can't seem to be able to work with newsgroups in outlook express, so can anyone point me in the direction of a site that enable me to browse posts, instead of searching for them? That is SO aggravating. Thanks, Gene
You should check with your ISP. Very few news servers are open to the public. Your ISP should have one, and you should be able to set up outlook express or netscape news to read there. -Dave
Try http://www.mailandnews.com/ It's slow, and the format is awkward, but you can browse. ------------------ Bill Gossett
Your ISP will be able to provide you with access to a news server... but keep in mind that what you're seeing at Google is *NOT* Google's new implementation of Deja. I get the impression that Deja basically ran out of cash, and had nobody minding the store for the last couple of months... and Google stepped in and essentially just bought their archive tapes of the old Usenet stuff (which I don't think Deja had any intention of putting back on line. ) What you're seeing right now on Google is something that it sounds like Google cobbled together over a weekend, from their *own* archive of posts. From my read of the situation, the Deja archive isn't in the best of shape, and will require massive reformatting and data manipulation before being put back online. So don't condemn the Google people yet... they seem to have a very sharp bunch of folks there.
Assuming you are using a windows OS then you will probably want to use Microsoft Outlook Express to log on to your ISP's news server. The name of your ISP's news server should be available on a paper or email they sent you or possibly on their web site. You will probably have to be logged into the internet through your ISP in order to access the news server.
