On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 6:16:06 PM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 02/13/2017 05:00 PM, wrote:
Actually I did have Thunderbird set up at one time when my ISP
(apparently) was having trouble with Usenet access.

Also, I am not fond of Google Groups because it does not give a tree
view.

Now it is acting up more and more and in two different browsers. I
need to do something else. There is one problem, I deal only in cash
so there is no way to pay anyone online. The occasions when I do buy
something I generally use a postal money order. I am actually not
blacklisted by the banks, which is when they charge you $300 for a
$1.00 overdraft, but it ain't ever going to happen. It happened to a
couple of people I know and I am not letting it happen to me. Plus
the fact that everyone I deal with at the moment takes cash. I work
for cash, I spend cash.

Bottom line, no matter how much money is in my safe and drawer, there
is no way to pay them.

I did have it set up with Thunderbird and AIOE (IIRC) and it did not
solve my problem. It still had access issues. Then all that cleared
up, but then so did Google, so I just went back to that. It bitches
about my browsers but when it says "A problem occurred while
communicating with the server" it is NOT a browser issue, especially
when the same browser works a half an hour later. So I am not
"upgrading" anything. But then if I have to go Thunderbird again I
will probably get the new version of that. And it STILL might not fix
my problem. Like updating drivers, it does not work, like I have no
sound so I need the newer drivers, hows come it worked last week ?
Bunch of bull****.

Is there free client software out there other than Thunderbird ? Is
there something that is really about guaranteed to connect ?

Or is Usenet slated for a slow death by the PTB because of
unmoderated groups and so forth promoting free speech ? (or at least
enabling it)

How do you pay your ISP? If you have to go to the library to use the
net, it might be an issue on that end.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net

Making sense with this individual is a bit like nailing Jell-O. A not very rewarding exercise with few positive results.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA