In article , Pavel314 wrote:

It's hard to find a real newsreader anymore. Comcast dropped
newsgroups a couple of years ago in my area so Google Groups is the
best free alternative.

First off, you need to learn the difference between a news reader and a news
server.

What's wrong with Google Groups?

Compared to what you get with a dedicated news reader, the interface sucks.
And Google does absolutely nothing, either proactively or reactively, about
the massive amount of spam that's injected into Usenet through their servers.