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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / October 2007where's the other newsgroup?
Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. Has something happened to it? I haven't been on for a long time and now I need advice on new video cards and I rely on those guys! Can anybody tell me about the newsgroup? Did you all go somewhere else? I want a good new card to play HL2 with. Norma > Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read > comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Norma Works fine for me, quite a few of the regulars in the frequent here too so you could try posting here and you might get a response >Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read >comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. Has >something happened to it? I haven't been on for a long time and now I need >advice on new video cards and I rely on those guys! Can anybody tell me >about the newsgroup? Did you all go somewhere else? It is there just fine. You may like to try a better Usenet client as OE is terrible.  SignatureAndrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. > >Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read > >comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. Has [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It is there just fine. You may like to try a better Usenet client as > OE is terrible. Nonsense, nothing wrong with OE and it certainly won't be the reason he can't find the other group. Try using another news server - http://www.teranews.com/ was very good the last time I used it. >> It is there just fine. You may like to try a better Usenet client as >> OE is terrible. > Nonsense, nothing wrong with OE Hahahahahaha! HAR! LOL! Good one! Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". >>> It is there just fine. You may like to try a better Usenet client as >>> OE is terrible. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Hahahahahaha! HAR! LOL! > Good one! Actually OE is working quite well I have been using OE as a usenet client for approx 10 years now Ahh ok you just need a small utillity called EO-QuoteFix http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >>> Nonsense, nothing wrong with OE >> Hahahahahaha! HAR! LOL! >> Good one! > Actually OE is working quite well > I have been using OE as a usenet client for approx 10 years now Maybe you think that because you've not experienced what a real newsreader client can do... > Ahh ok you just need a small utillity called EO-QuoteFix No, perhaps *you* need that, but I don't. Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Maybe you think that because you've not experienced what a real > newsreader client can do... Why bother? If it ain't broken don't try fix it - you might end up breakin' it >> Ahh ok you just need a small utillity called EO-QuoteFix > > No, perhaps *you* need that, but I don't. It is designed for OE solely so I'll assume that you're correct in the matters - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >> Maybe you think that because you've not experienced what a real >> newsreader client can do... > Why bother? > If it ain't broken don't try fix it - you might end up breakin' it Why bother? Because of all the features you'd get to use, and have a more enjoyable Usenet experience. As for breaking anything... it won't hurt OE any, and if you don't like the new application, you can go back to OE with no harm done. Expand your horizons a little, and see what you've been missing. Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Why bother? Because of all the features you'd get to use, and have a > more enjoyable Usenet experience. A lot of promises and no facts What are you? A salesperson? > As for breaking anything... it won't hurt OE any, and if you don't > like the new application, you can go back to OE with no harm done. > Expand your horizons a little, and see what you've been missing. As I said I am not missing a thing compared to the lack of facts you have managed to present to me and everydy else 1) What client are you talking about? 2) What features etc Let's get some facts on the table - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >> Why bother? Because of all the features you'd get to use, and have a >> more enjoyable Usenet experience. > A lot of promises and no facts What are you? A salesperson? Promises? Uhhh, right. Features include scoring, filtering, proper threading, proper quoting, multiple news servers, more. >> As for breaking anything... it won't hurt OE any, and if you don't >> like the new application, you can go back to OE with no harm done. >> Expand your horizons a little, and see what you've been missing. > As I said I am not missing a thing compared to the lack of facts you have > managed to present to me and everydy else Look, n00b, I don't really care whether you do it or not. Just trying to point out that Outhouse Excuse is at the *botton* of the barrel when it comes to newsreaders. Anyone who knows anything about Usenet knows this, and doesn't use OE. Whether you accept that or not makes no difference, it's just a simple fact. > 1) What client are you talking about? I don't use Windoze, but I understand most Win-droids like Forte Agent, or Xnews. You could try those for starters. > 2) What features etc Some are listed above, there are more. Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Promises? Uhhh, right. Features include > scoring, No need > filtering, No need > proper threading, No problem with threadin' > proper quoting Works ok for me >, multiple news servers, Works ok, no need Yes I can use multiple nntp servers if I want > more. What, Which? > Look, n00b, Sorry but you need to get your facts straighten out I have been on usenet since '98 and used the internet before the first netscape browsers hit win 3.1 Before that I used a Discovery 2400 baud modem to get access to BBS and fidonet My first PC was an 8088 Intel machinery with a 20Mb harddrive - bigtime > I don't really care whether you do it or not. Oh right - already getten tired? > Just trying to point out that Outhouse Excuse is at the *botton* > of the barrel when it comes to newsreaders. Still it suites my purposes and have done it for a long time > Anyone who knows anything about Usenet knows this, > and doesn't use OE. When it comes down it - I beleive I know more about usenet than you'll ever learn in a lifetime > Whether you accept that or not makes no difference, > it's just a simple fact. First of all real usenetters have respect for each others opinions ... >> 1) What client are you talking about? > > I don't use Windoze, Leanass then? > but I understand most Win-droids like Forte > Agent, or Xnews. You could try those for starters. Again why should I bother? You haven't pointed out anything which will make my life easier other than try this and that >> 2) What features etc > > Some are listed above, there are more. Come on what IS the groundbreaking changes which will make my life on usenet so much easier? Or are you just trying to get into an argument about useless usenets clients in lack of better things to do? You're an very unsuccessfull, lonesome and friendless troll as I see it! - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >> Anyone who knows anything about Usenet knows this, >> and doesn't use OE. > > When it comes down it - I beleive I know more about usenet than > you'll ever learn in a lifetime Just thought I'd stick my oar in and say that I use OE for email and usenet, and I've always found it a perfectly satisfactory application too. In combination with OE-QuoteFix (for email and newsgroups) and POPFile (for email) it does bang on exactly what I want. I've tried lots of other email clients and newsreaders over the years, including Thunderbird and XNews, and have always come happily back to OE. So you're not alone, Peter. :) Signature(O)enone >>> Anyone who knows anything about Usenet knows this, >>> and doesn't use OE. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > So you're not alone, Peter. :) Well I use OE for email and Thunderbird for News. I started with newsgroups using Nutscrape and got into the keyboard usages. The only reason I use Thunderbird is so that I can press "n" for next message and "t" for next thread. OE uses CTRL-U and CTRL-Shift-U and I just want to cruise through groups hammering the N or T. Just more efficient I find. Oh and it under lines misspelled words in read (like Word) and Ctrl-K for spell check. Just like the keyboard shortcuts is all. J SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Jethro Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com >>>> Anyone who knows anything about Usenet knows this, >>>> and doesn't use OE. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > misspelled words in read (like Word) and Ctrl-K for spell check. > Just like the keyboard shortcuts is all. ...and of course the most important shortcut... 'k' >> Some are listed above, there are more. > Come on what IS the groundbreaking changes which will make my life on usenet > so much easier? You're not interested in learning, and I've wasted enough time on you. Have fun. Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read > comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. Has [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I want a good new card to play HL2 with. NG is working fine here. Check your provider carries it (be unusual if it didn't) then unsubscribe and resubscribe. Worked for me when I had an issue some time ago. If not then rest the NG by right clicking on it, selecting properties, local files tab and hitting the reset button (it may be slightly different depending on which version of OE you have). As Stone monkey says there are some regs of that group also lurk in here so if you can't get it to work properly you can try here. Also, as Andrew says - you might want to try another newsreader. Personally I love Thunderbird from Mozilla Shawk: tell me about Thunderbird. I use Outlook Express. If I used Thunderbird, would I need a new email address? Would it change my newsgroup "connection?" provider through charter (nnpt.charter.net)? Thanks for the information. Scott in Austin MN >> Sorry that this is off topic! I have been trying to read >> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action but I can't get any messages from it. Has [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Also, as Andrew says - you might want to try another newsreader. > Personally I love Thunderbird from Mozilla >Shawk: tell me about Thunderbird. I use Outlook Express. If I used >Thunderbird, would I need a new email address? Would it change my newsgroup >"connection?" provider through charter (nnpt.charter.net)? Thanks for the >information. Scott in Austin MN You can use any Usenet client with the same settings as you have in OE. Unfortunately you are using your real email address so you are likely to have a lot of spam headed your way. SignatureAndrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. > Unfortunately you are using your real email address so you are > likely to have a lot of spam headed your way. Depends on his spam filter. I've had my e-mail address advertised all over usenet for about the past 8 years, and the amount of spam I get is minimal. SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench > Depends on his spam filter. I've had my e-mail address advertised > all over usenet for about the past 8 years, and the amount of spam I > get is minimal. I have been using gmail for quite some time Their spam and junkmail filters are very effective - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >>Depends on his spam filter. I've had my e-mail address advertised >>all over usenet for about the past 8 years, and the amount of spam I >>get is minimal. > > I have been using gmail for quite some time > Their spam and junkmail filters are very effective Yeah, my gmail account never gets spam either, although, unfortunately, most of my user handles for various websites are registered to my above email address, hence, that is the address which gets most of my attention :) SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench >> Depends on his spam filter. I've had my e-mail address advertised >> all over usenet for about the past 8 years, and the amount of spam I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > - Peter Quick question, can you use G-mail without a web interface? (I.E., using OE or Thunderbird to send/recieve messages from G-mail? Squat > Quick question, can you use G-mail without a web interface? (I.E., > using OE or Thunderbird to send/recieve messages from G-mail? I am using OE atm so I believe I can confirm this as a yes :) POP Access http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555 IMAP Access http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12760 Features http://mail.google.com/support/?ctx=about Also check what's new list http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html A lot of interesting stuff :) - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! Awesome, thanks, I may have to start using that account. I never give out my home address and use theYahoo account for most stuff. Have had the G-mail account forever but never used the silly thing. Thanks, S >> Quick question, can you use G-mail without a web interface? (I.E., >> using OE or Thunderbird to send/recieve messages from G-mail? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > - Peter > Have had the G-mail account forever but never used the silly thing. About time I'd say :) > Thanks, You're quite welcome - Peter SignatureHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! >Quick question, can you use G-mail without a web interface? (I.E., using OE >or Thunderbird to send/recieve messages from G-mail? Yes, but personally I like the web interface so much I have abandoned using an email client. I just wish Google could do to Groups what they have done to Reader so all I would need is a web browser for all my net application needs. SignatureAndrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. > Shawk: tell me about Thunderbird. I use Outlook Express. If I used > Thunderbird, would I need a new email address? Would it change my newsgroup > "connection?" provider through charter (nnpt.charter.net)? Thanks for the > information. Scott in Austin MN IIRC when I installed it I was asked whether I wanted T-Bird to import my settings from OE and I said yes. Nothing else was required. T-Bird will use all the same settings as you have now. Try it. Any problems just ask in here - lots of folk use it and can help. As to Andrews comment on using your own e-mail address I do disguise mine as you can see however I do it in such a way that a 'real' person can always work out what it is if they want to contact me. Others use completely made up one's and others (like Bench) use their real ones with no issue. Personally I'd advise you 'munge' it. > Shawk: tell me about Thunderbird. I use Outlook Express. If I used > Thunderbird, would I need a new email address? Would it change my > newsgroup "connection?" provider through charter (nnpt.charter.net)? > Thanks for the information. Scott in Austin MN Excellent site comparing news reader software: http://www.newsreaders.com/ Newsgroup for discussing reader software: news.software.newsreaders > Newsgroup for discussing reader software: > news.software.newsreaders Actually, it's: news.software.readers Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". |
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