[TriLUG] Usenet Reader

Sun Apr 6 17:29:40 EDT 2008

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Deepan wrote:

> Google groups for usenet does
> not let me send messages via email. Does other
> apps do ?

usenet uses nntp on port 113. It's a different protocol to 
smtp. You're ISP has to have an nntpserver (with 
username/passwd) to allow you to post usenet messages. Most 
free nntpservers are ro.

Joe

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