Thunderbird access to this newsgroup

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Rostfrei

Hello!

I'm writing this message over Google web access. I'm trying to access
to the comp.lang.python newsgroup trough the Thunderbird, but I just
can't configure it properly. What is the news server for this
newsgroup. If I ping comp.lang.python it is not resolved. For instance
I had no problem configuring Eclipse news server. I just entered
news.eclipse.org as a news server address and after it I can browse
available groups.

Your help will be much appreciated!

Regards,
Marko Kukovec
 
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Rostfrei skrev:
Hello!

I'm writing this message over Google web access. I'm trying to access
to the comp.lang.python newsgroup trough the Thunderbird, but I just
can't configure it properly. What is the news server for this
newsgroup. If I ping comp.lang.python it is not resolved. For instance
I had no problem configuring Eclipse news server. I just entered
news.eclipse.org as a news server address and after it I can browse
available groups.

Newsgroups are not specific to one server, they can be "carried" by any
number of servers. Most ISP's make a news server available to their
customers which carries the "standard" newsgroup hierarchy - which
comp.lang.python is part of. Try using news.<YourISP.com> as the server
name, or look at their help pages for the correct server name/setup.
There used to be quite a few free and open servers available, but I
don't know the situation today.

Many organizations keep their own newsgroup servers, which carry only
their own groups (and possibly a few relevant ones from the standard
hierarchy) - news.eclipse.org is probably such a server.

Hope this helps.

Nis
 
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Ben Finney

Rostfrei said:
What is the news server for this
newsgroup.

Usenet newsgroups are redistributed over many servers worldwide.

said:
If I ping comp.lang.python it is not resolved.

That's right. It's the name of a Usenet newsgroup, not a host name.

said:
For instance I had no problem configuring Eclipse news server. I
just entered news.eclipse.org as a news server address and after it
I can browse available groups.

You can browse the groups available on that server, yes. To browse
this group, you need to find a server that carries comp.lang.python.

<URL:http://dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/Public_News_Servers/>
 
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Steve Holden

Ben said:
Usenet newsgroups are redistributed over many servers worldwide.



That's right. It's the name of a Usenet newsgroup, not a host name.



You can browse the groups available on that server, yes. To browse
this group, you need to find a server that carries comp.lang.python.

<URL:http://dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/Public_News_Servers/>

You might find, as many others do, that it's convenient to read this
group using the Gmane service - it's group gmane.comp.python.general on
server news.gmane.org.

regards
Steve
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engarde.gm

You might find, as many others do, that it's convenient to read this
group using the Gmane service - it's group gmane.comp.python.general on
server news.gmane.org.
I tried news.gmane.org in Thunderbird and I keep on getting a error
saying it can not find the server.

Your friend,
Scott
 
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anonymisiert85

hm i have the same problem with thunderbird + comp.lang.python

so that i decided to use google for first time
 

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