On Jan 24, 7:58 am, Dave Fawthrop
wrote:

All web based methods of reading usenet are IME cr*p.

Yes they are, but if you're using a network where Port 119 is closed,
and/or you're in an Internet cafe etc, you've got no choice.

nntp.aioe.org is supposed to work through Port 80, but I've never been
able to make it work.