AOL is irrelevant because it forces you to use google groups, which is
total **** when it comes to newsgroups. No filters. Incredibly clumsy.

PeoplePC, at the moment, is not working for me. I think I know what's
wrong, but it has nothing to do with getting into google groups. If
you'd read a bit earlier, you would understand that I moved into PPC to
allow me to eventually get rid of AOL, and that I dislike using google
groups intensely.

Whatever Mr Snippy. You wrote 'I don't have a google set up on PipplePC
to get to this NG' which sure sounded like you were trying to access
Google Groups via peoplePC to me. I'm well aware that you were trying
to use OE/peoplePC seeing as I was the person who told you the correct
value to use for the news server.