Re: TeraNews server

[BryanMaulker <nope@none.net>]

On 5 Nov 2005 19:42:51 -0800, tolsen64 said...
>
>Someone mentioned they used the TeraNews NNTP server for usenet access.
> I got the free account (paid the $3.95 hookup fee).  Got an email with
>my account ID & password but it doesn't seem to work.  I have OE
>correctly configured (free.teranews.com) with my ID & password, and I
>can subscribe to groups, but when I try to read a group they never
>populate. When I try to post, the password prompt window comes up.
>Sending an email to TeraNews doesn't get a response.
>
>Can someone who uses Teranews help me out?  Maybe I've got the wrong
>url for the server i'm supposed to connect to???

You can check with Teranews directly, but I've run across several discussion
threads in other newsgroups that mentioned the following...

- Teranews will not be maintaining their free news servers for at least 6
months. They've exceeded their budget, and have told everyone to deal with the
up and down performance.

- Teranews will not be supporting certain newsreaders, specifically MS Outlook.

I hate having to pay for newsgroup access, but I recently picked up a membership
with a paid service (newsguy.com).

No connection problems, no restrictions on the newsreaders that I want to use,
and they're pretty affordable. There are actually a number of reliable paid
services out there, so you may be better off switching to one of them in the
long run. Good luck!

Bryan M.