Joan Pomatto wrote:

I have always love reading the rec. ponds mail. Recently, my I.S.P. has
been having problems with newsgroups and I have not been able to read the
mail. I have called them several times to report this, but still can't
download the group. Is there some other way that I can access the rec.
ponds newsgroup?

As Roy, said you can always use Google, but I found that really awkward. I
finally found news.individual.net. They'll give you a free newsgroup
account - spam free groups, no binaries, no porn.
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derek