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Message no. 1
From: Duane LaFlotte <DLaFlotte@*******.COM>
Subject: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:36:22 -0400
I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?
Thanks
Duane
Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 22:41:06 +0100
|
|I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
|would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?

News SERVER?
Thre is a news GROUP available on most news servers called
rec.games.frp.cyber which deals with shadowrun and cyberpunk (and other
cyber based games)....
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|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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Message no. 3
From: Duane LaFlotte <DLaFlotte@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:47:53 -0400
Then only news server that I know is msnews.microsoft.com and they dont
have any rec.games.frp.cyber they are strictly Microsoft stuff. I was
wondering if there was another server that I could connect to that would
be public domain and that would have that rec.games.frp.cyber

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Spike [SMTP:u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK]
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 1997 5:41 PM
>To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
>Subject: Re: News Server
>
>|
>|I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
>|would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?
>
>News SERVER?
>Thre is a news GROUP available on most news servers called
>rec.games.frp.cyber which deals with shadowrun and cyberpunk (and other
>cyber based games)....
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>_____________________________________________________________________________
>_
>|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?"
>|
>|Andrew Halliwell |
>|
>|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control
>|
>|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..."
>|
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>|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+
>|
>|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :(
>|
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Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 22:54:44 +0100
|
|Then only news server that I know is msnews.microsoft.com and they dont
|have any rec.games.frp.cyber they are strictly Microsoft stuff. I was
|wondering if there was another server that I could connect to that would
|be public domain and that would have that rec.games.frp.cyber

Is msnews a public newsserver, or one for employees only?
If it's the former, it SHOULD have all of the rec heirarchy... If it's the
latter, then, ho hum.....

I think any commercial newsserver for public use has access. I just have no
idea HOW to access them. At Keele, accessing the Keele server is automatic.

I tried accessing news.demon.co.uk once by changing an environment variable,
but connection was refused.....

Anyone?

P.S. SNIP OFF THE .SIG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Message no. 5
From: mike.paff@*****.COM
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:53:38 -0700
> I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
> would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?

If you have a web browser, you can access newsgroups through www.zippo.com
Otherwise, talk to your Internet Service Provider to see if they have a
news server for you to use.

Mike
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:00:13 +0100
|
|> I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
|> would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?
|
|If you have a web browser, you can access newsgroups through www.zippo.com
|Otherwise, talk to your Internet Service Provider to see if they have a
|news server for you to use.

Another usefull web address is www.dejanews.com...

Not only does this hold newsgroups... It also stores about 2 YEARS worth of
past posts to almost every newsgroup you can think of...

(apart from binary ones....)

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Message no. 7
From: Duane LaFlotte <DLaFlotte@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 18:03:31 -0400
Both of you thanks for your help.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mike.paff@*****.COM [SMTP:mike.paff@*****.COM]
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 1997 5:54 PM
>To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
>Subject: Re: News Server
>
>> I was wondering if there is a news server that is for public use that
>> would have a shadowrun forum ? if so could I please have this address ?
>
>If you have a web browser, you can access newsgroups through www.zippo.com
>Otherwise, talk to your Internet Service Provider to see if they have a
>news server for you to use.
>
>Mike
Message no. 8
From: The Spaceman <spaced@*.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:06:55 -0700
>>>>> Spike didst say unto the aether thusly:

# I tried accessing news.demon.co.uk once by changing an environment variable,
# but connection was refused.....

# Anyone?

The following website has a list of possible public sites. You may have
to browse a little to find one that works:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/3959/usenet.html

The Spaceman |Death before dishonor.
spaced@*.washington.edu |Drugs before lunch.
Check out the Bill Page! | - Aspen Drug & Gun Club
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~spaced/bill.html
New maintainer of the Shadowrun Player Directory:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~spaced/srdir/
Message no. 9
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: News Server
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:07:09 -0600
At 23:00 7/7/97 +0100, you wrote:

>Another usefull web address is www.dejanews.com...
>
>Not only does this hold newsgroups... It also stores about 2 YEARS worth of
>past posts to almost every newsgroup you can think of...
>
>(apart from binary ones....)

And you don't read the binary groups, right Spike? :)

With only 3 hours a day, I don't even have time to open my newsreader :P

-Adam

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