Hello.

I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but I have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.

But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client I can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a search and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to give it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the sites.

Anyways, thanks!

"%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
> Hello.
>
> I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but I have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>
> But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client I can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a search and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to give it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the sites.
>
> Anyways, thanks!

Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not that webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-alike versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm told that Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.

"Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:j6562i$gov$1@digitalmars.com...
> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
>> Hello.
>>
>> I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but I have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>>
>> But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client I can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a search and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to give it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the sites.
>>
>> Anyways, thanks!
>
> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not that webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-alike versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm told that Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
>

If you do want to use a web interface, The Mail Archive ( http://www.mail-archive.com/ ) is fantastic. But it's read-only; you can't post through it.

== Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a@a.a)'s article
> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message
news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
> > Hello.
> >
> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but
I
> > have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
> >
> > But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client
I
> > can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a
search
> > and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to
give
> > it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the
sites.
> >
> > Anyways, thanks!
> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not
that
> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-
alike
> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm
told that
> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.

I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the news link?  When I click the news link.  Nothing happens.  So, I tried downloading this 'seamonkey' newsreader.  When I installed it, and clicked the d-learning news link, a browser appears,but I don't have any postings.

Anyways, I am using windows 7, if that helps.

thanks.

"%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j656f0$hpm$1@digitalmars.com...
> == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a@a.a)'s article
>> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message
> news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but
> I
>> > have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>> >
>> > But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client
> I
>> > can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a
> search
>> > and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to
> give
>> > it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the
> sites.
>> >
>> > Anyways, thanks!
>> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not
> that
>> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-
> alike
>> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm
> told that
>> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
>
> I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the news link?  When I click the news link.  Nothing happens.

I don't have access to a Win7 machine ATM, but on both XP and Vista, you can do:

Tools -> Accounts. There will be a button for "Add". Click that and then you can choose "News". And just fill in all the info. The (NNTP) server is "news.digitalmars.com", and it doesn't take a login.

Then you should see the news server in the big tree on the left side of the main window. You can choose which groups to subscribe to (digitalmars.D, digitalmars.D.learn, etc.). When you're subscribes to one, you can go to it and click the "Headers" button to check for messages (at least that's what it is in on XP). Downloading the headers might take awhile the first time.

> So, I tried
> downloading this 'seamonkey' newsreader.  When I installed it, and
> clicked the d-learning news link, a browser appears,but I don't
> have any postings.

I don't know anything about seamonkey :/

>
> Anyways, I am using windows 7, if that helps.
>

"Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:j657vh$kda$1@digitalmars.com...
> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j656f0$hpm$1@digitalmars.com...
>> == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a@a.a)'s article
>>> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message
>> news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
>>> > Hello.
>>> >
>>> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but
>> I
>>> > have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>>> >
>>> > But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client
>> I
>>> > can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a
>> search
>>> > and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to
>> give
>>> > it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the
>> sites.
>>> >
>>> > Anyways, thanks!
>>> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not
>> that
>>> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-
>> alike
>>> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm
>> told that
>>> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
>>
>> I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the news link?  When I click the news link.  Nothing happens.
>
> I don't have access to a Win7 machine ATM, but on both XP and Vista, you can do:
>
> Tools -> Accounts. There will be a button for "Add". Click that and then you can choose "News". And just fill in all the info. The (NNTP) server is "news.digitalmars.com", and it doesn't take a login.
>
> Then you should see the news server in the big tree on the left side of the main window. You can choose which groups to subscribe to (digitalmars.D, digitalmars.D.learn, etc.). When you're subscribes to one, you can go to it and click the "Headers" button to check for messages (at least that's what it is in on XP). Downloading the headers might take awhile the first time.
>

And you'll want to remember to reply with "Reply Group", not "Reply". If you do the plain "Reply" it'll just send an email to that person, not to the newsgroup. I still hit the wrong button now and then.

== Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a@a.a)'s article
> > I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the
news
> > link?  When I click the news link.  Nothing happens.
> I don't have access to a Win7 machine ATM, but on both XP and
Vista, you can
> do:
> Tools -> Accounts. There will be a button for "Add". Click that
and then you
> can choose "News". And just fill in all the info. The (NNTP)
server is
> "news.digitalmars.com", and it doesn't take a login.
> Then you should see the news server in the big tree on the left
side of the
> main window. You can choose which groups to subscribe to
(digitalmars.D,
> digitalmars.D.learn, etc.). When you're subscribes to one, you
can go to it
> and click the "Headers" button to check for messages (at least
that's what
> it is in on XP). Downloading the headers might take awhile the
first time.


Directions look very promising.  My outlook complains about "problem connecting to the server".  So, when I tried to ping the ip address of news.digitalmars.com, all requests time out.

So is it just that the server is down?

by the way, thanks for helping me out!!

Nick Sabalausky Wrote:

> "%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j655f0$fm8$1@digitalmars.com...
> > Hello.
> >
> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but I have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
> >
> > But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client I can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a search and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to give it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the sites.
> >
> > Anyways, thanks!
> 
> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not that webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-alike versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm told that Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
> 
> 



Hey Nick.

I found this:

http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?renew=0&mid=29874&sign=plus#29874

This seems to work fine.  I think I'll use this for surfing D.learn.  Thanks for your time!

"%u" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j65a5r$nhr$1@digitalmars.com...
>
>
> Directions look very promising.  My outlook complains about "problem connecting to the server".  So, when I tried to ping the ip address of news.digitalmars.com, all requests time out.
>
> So is it just that the server is down?
>

Yea, it tends to get overloaded now and then :(

> by the way, thanks for helping me out!!

No prob :)

"yoyo" <yoyo@yo.com> wrote in message news:j65ap4$oo6$1@digitalmars.com...
>
> Hey Nick.
>
> I found this:
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?renew=0&mid=29874&sign=plus#29874
>
> This seems to work fine.  I think I'll use this for surfing D.learn. Thanks for your time!
>

A lot of people have had a lot of trouble with that one. But if it works for you, then great.