From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17087 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brady Trainor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: what is a good newsgroup to experiment with my gnus nntp settings? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:30:21 -0700 Message-ID: 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 1411155070 32317 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 19:31:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:31:10 +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 21:31:04 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 1XV3tY-00080n-36 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:31:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60202 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3tX-000743-N6 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52320) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3tP-00073o-04 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3tH-00075K-FW for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3tH-00074n-92 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3t7-0007qV-4j for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:30:37 +0200 Original-Received: from 71-35-180-234.tukw.qwest.net ([71.35.180.234]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:30:37 +0200 Original-Received: from algebrat by 71-35-180-234.tukw.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:30:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71-35-180-234.tukw.qwest.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:17087 Archived-At: 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? Thank you, Brady