how to read in the newsreader

[Cholo Lennon]

On 16/10/17 01:00, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 10/15/2017 08:50 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
>> Gents,
>>   how do i get this group in a newsreader? The digest i'm getting is not
>> workable for me - i can't reply , can only read the replies from the
>> members of the group. Or. maybe, it shouldn't be a news reader....
>> please advise..
>>
>> P.S. Oh the comp.lang.python is a nightmare because of spam...
> 
> Regardless of what usenet reader you use, com.lang.python will have the
> same spam everywhere.  So maybe reading via usenet isn't that useful anyway.

I use Mozilla Thunderbird as a newsreader. I am subscribed to 
'comp.lang.python' through the free NNTP server 'news.aioe.org'. My spam 
filter for python only has 6 address!

> 
> I just subscribe to the mailing list and then have a rule in my email
> filter to stick all list messages in their own folder (or gmail label).
> I'm using gmail, so I just use gmail's filtering settings.  Then I view
> email using IMAP and a conventional email reader that supports real
> threading of messages.  Works great.  A lot of spam is filtered out this
> way, also.  In fact very little spam gets through to my folder between
> python.org's filtering and gmail's spam detection.
> 
> I'm subscribed to maybe a dozen email lists, and I filter all of them
> into their own folders.
> 

In my case I am subscribed (with Thunderbird) to more than 30 newsgroups 
(in 3 news servers). I have to say that spam is not a problem.

Regards


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Cholo Lennon
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