Thunderbird access to this newsgroup

[Steve Holden]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Rostfrei <kukovec at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> What is the news server for this
>> newsgroup.
> 
> Usenet newsgroups are redistributed over many servers worldwide.
> 
>     <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet>
> 
>> If I ping comp.lang.python it is not resolved.
> 
> That's right. It's the name of a Usenet newsgroup, not a host name.
> 
>     <URL:news:comp.lang.python>
> 
>> For instance I had no problem configuring Eclipse news server. I
>> just entered news.eclipse.org as a news server address and after it
>> I can browse available groups.
> 
> You can browse the groups available on that server, yes. To browse
> this group, you need to find a server that carries comp.lang.python.
> 
>     <URL:http://dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/Public_News_Servers/>
> 

You might find, as many others do, that it's convenient to read this 
group using the Gmane service - it's group gmane.comp.python.general on 
server news.gmane.org.

regards
  Steve
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