Model Forum / General / Models / April 2008

You enter the name of the server that your ISP uses to connect to
newsgroups (NGs) in that space.  For instance, I have a Comcast account
and the server name for NG access is     newsgroups.comcast.net     In
fact, if you have a Comcast account, they'll assist you with setting it
up - free.  Well, not free in the sense that you are paying them in the
first place for internet access but...  Unknown what your provider uses,
or if they even allow NGs, sadly some do not.  However I'm told there
are several ways of getting the various Usenet newsgroups FREE via other
providers, and I don't mean Google either.  Once the account is set up,
then you select the various NGs you want from a huge list and the msgs
will auto download.  That's how mine works anyway, and I've been using
this method for a number of years now.
Grandpa John

Disco58 said the following on 22/04/2008 03:11:

At a guess I would say that the ISP might be www.talkaboutcrafting.com 
but talkaboutcrafting may be tied to another news service provider
network.

The first instance would be to send an email to your own provider and
ask who provides the newsgroup service (it doesn't hurt to ask) and if
so, what would be the username and password for it, as that service
might have another username and password to allow you to use it.  It
might be the same username and password that you use for your own ISP.
  Thunderbird will throw up a login box once you're connected.  Fill
in the details, check the 'remember these details' and you should
never see that box again.

    Looking at the header of your post, I see:

NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.125.99.146

   so you can try 75.125.99.146 for the name, I do not know if
   TBird takes IP addresses as well as names - it should, if it
   is written properly.

                            Bruce