On 2 Jan 2007 15:27:43 -0800, "John" <johnnysoze@aol.com> wrote:
>On Jan 2, 3:26 pm, Doc <> wrote:
>> On 2 Jan 2007 11:28:51 -0800, "John" <johnnys...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Can somebody PLEASE help me! I am new to this group and I cannot see
>> >any of the post or imaged that anyone is talking about. I click on the
>> >topic, and only see text-- I cannot seem to navigate to the orginal
>> >post or image. Please advise at johnnys...@aol.com. Thank you!!! -JohnYou are accessing this group, part of usenet, through google. That is
>> not a direct access to usenet and that is why you can't see the pics.
>>
>> Last year aol discontinued their newsgroup access feature (which never
>> worked so good to begin with, as you couldn't post pics easily).
>>
>> To access usenet newsgroups, you need to get yourself a news server
>> since aol no longer provides one. Although it is expensive since you
>> are starting out you may wish to go with the best, which is giganews
>> (put giganews into google or it may just be www.giganews.com, I'm not
>> sure.
>>
>> You also need software to access the groups. Do not use an internet
>> browser or an e-mail program (like outlook) to access the groups
>> (although it is possible to do). A specialized news reader is the way
>> to go. I explain newsreaders here: http://www.it-smells.com/Explain/news_readers.htm
>> (although I wrote that a couple years ago, most of the info there is
>> still good and will give you background)
>
>Thank you. I am using FireFox. At least I'm not crazy.
Well you have a start. Newsgroups are an interesting part of the net
and so I think you'll find it worth your while to do it. - Doc
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