From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17089 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: SlackRat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: what is a good newsgroup to experiment with my gnus nntp settings? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:59:19 +0100 Message-ID: <541C8B17.9010401@free.fr> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411156787 22734 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 19:59:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:59:47 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 21:59:43 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XV4LH-0000PK-3f for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:59:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60333 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV4LG-0004FR-Pz for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:59:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV4LA-00044v-2L for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:59:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV4L5-00061K-25 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr ([2a01:e0c:1:1599::13]:7081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV4L4-000601-Si for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.72] (unknown [85.243.0.114]) (Authenticated sender: slackrat) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C3FBE4C80B9 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:59:15 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120909 Thunderbird/15.0.1 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:e0c:1:1599::13 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17089 Archived-At: On 2014-09-19 20:30, Brady Trainor wrote: > I took a couple stabs at using GNUS in the past, but was still > probably too green with Emacs and the type of thinking. But finally, I > think GNUS is here to stay, and it feels WAAAAYY better than relying > solely on "more GUI" clients. Managing emails and emailing has never > felt so easy. > > However, my use of newsgroups is still a little rough around the > edges, and I anticipate some fiddling. In the end, I usually download > all the headers, for instance with Thunderbird I've done this across a > dual boot. Unfortunately, I think this has provoked the gmane to block > my ISP, though I was lucky enough I think the block was removed soon > after. > > MY QUESTION: > > Is there another entity similar to gmane, more recreational say, or > less valuable to me, where I can mess with my configuration and not > risk an ISP block? I've read online something about ISP providers may > do this, but I don't really understand. Is this my internet provider? > Or would I contact a local institution such as University of Washington? i'm not sure what you are looking for, but maybe these will help: http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html http://www.eternal-september.org/ You could subscribe to alt.test.test for experimentation Slackrat