Subject Re: reading newsgroup posts From Frank Polan <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:05:12 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2017-12-10 12:41 AM, Frank Polan wrote: > > > Heinz > > Okay, I see that most replies include the original question and additional replies so I guess I can just start at the most recent. I'll look into Thunderbird as well > > Depending on what you use as your email client it may, in fact, also be > able to handle NNTP feeds as used by the newsgroups.  Like Heinz, I use > Thunderbird which does both email and NNTP. > > Whatever client you use set up a new NNTP (newsgroup) account and use > news.dbase.com as the server name.  Neither a password not a sequre > connection is required.  Please set the reader to include quotes and > place your replies below the quoted text. All other settings are to your > preference. > > One of the settings in Thunderbird is the number of messages to download > without notifying you first.  Other readers probably have the same > facility.  In Thunderbird the default is 500 but you can change this for > each newsgroup when you go online to load newsgroups the first time. > 500 messages in each newsgroup will, however, give you plenty to read. :-) > > Mervyn. > > Okay, I've downloaded Thunderbird. Thanks to all Frank