Downloading Messages away from ISP

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Steve Schukei

I bought a notebook to travel with. I thought I could down load my
newsgroup but find I cannot when away from connecting to my local ISP. I
called them and told me I could not down load newsgroup messages unless I am
directly connected to my ISP which is MediaCom mchsi/com I don't believe
this... who is right
 
Since Outlook doesn't read news, you might want to post this in an OE group.
That said, maybe you want to find another news server - I imagine your ISP
would know what their policy is, so I'd believe them. What they say is
absolutely possible from a technical perspective!
 
Steve Schukei said:
I bought a notebook to travel with. I thought I could down load my
newsgroup but find I cannot when away from connecting to my local ISP. I
called them and told me I could not down load newsgroup messages unless I am
directly connected to my ISP which is MediaCom mchsi/com I don't believe
this... who is right
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Steve what they say is probably very true. Many ISP's require you to
configure your newsreader with your username and password to access the
newsgroups THEY host. If you want access you can access newsgroups at
google, yahoo and other places from anywhere on the internet. But understand
that the ISP is restricting your acces to their news SERVERS - not the
newsgroups per say. You can access those very same newsgroups like I
mentioned without being asked to log in etc with such services as google and
others. Hope this helps.
 
Steve said:
I bought a notebook to travel with. I thought I could down load my
newsgroup but find I cannot when away from connecting to my local
ISP. I called them and told me I could not down load newsgroup
messages unless I am directly connected to my ISP which is MediaCom
mchsi/com I don't believe this... who is right
Click to expand...

Try logging on to your ISP's news server. You probably have it
configured to NOT logon, so it will authenticate you based on what
network you connect to. If you connect to their network then they will
let you use their news server without also having to log onto that news
server. If you connect to a different network, like when travelling,
then they don't know who the hell you are, so you MUST logon to their
server to prove you actually have an account with them. However, it may
still be their policy to disallow ANY off-network connections to their
news server, in which case you're screwed and logging onto their news
server won't help. You'll have to use a freebie news server or use a
web-based news service, like Google (although I'd definitely recommend
using an e-mail alias or disposable account to register to use them and
then kill the alias or disposable account afterward to eliminate
bothering with the spam that WILL show up).
 
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