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Xx181 at 14:12, 29 September 2025

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	Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.		Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.

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Xx176 at 10:36, 29 August 2018

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	Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.		Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.

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Am125 at 19:55, 10 August 2018

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	<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>		<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>

	You can search for specific newsgroups, like [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.python comp.lang.python], on Google.		You can search for specific newsgroups, like [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.python comp.lang.python], on [https://groups.google.com/ Google Groups].

	== What are newsgroups? ==		== What are newsgroups? ==

Am125 at 22:40, 20 July 2017

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	<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>		<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>

	You can search for specific newsgroups, like ~~<i>~~comp.lang.python~~</i>~~, on Google.		You can search for specific newsgroups, like [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.python comp.lang.python], on Google.

	== What are newsgroups? ==		== What are newsgroups? ==

Fy974: /* How do I read newsgroups? */

2017-06-28T18:49:53Z

How do I read newsgroups?

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	After [http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/support/newsSetup.html configuring your mail or newsreader] (the link is to old material but pending replacement, it gives the basic idea), you can open a newsgroup simply by clicking on a link to it or by selecting it from within your reader. Getting set up to use newsgroups is like using an email program. It takes some work to set up, but is easy to use thereafter.		After [http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/support/newsSetup.html configuring your mail or newsreader] (the link is to old material but pending replacement, it gives the basic idea), you can open a newsgroup simply by clicking on a link to it or by selecting it from within your reader. Getting set up to use newsgroups is like using an email program. It takes some work to set up, but is easy to use thereafter.

	NCF's news server is news.ncf~~.carleton~~.ca and requires your NCF account ID and [[password]]. If you are connected directly through our modem pool, you can read all the newsgroups NCF has available. If you are connected through another provider, you can read all NCF (ncf.*) newsgroups via our news server. You can also read any non-NCF newsgroups through your other provider's news server.		NCF's news server is news.ncf.ca and requires your NCF account ID and [[password]]. If you are connected directly through our modem pool, you can read all the newsgroups NCF has available. If you are connected through another provider, you can read all NCF (ncf.*) newsgroups via our news server. You can also read any non-NCF newsgroups through your other provider's news server.

	Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.		Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.

	[[Category: NCF services]]		[[Category: NCF services]]

Fn352: /* How do I read newsgroups? */ added note

2017-06-20T01:59:24Z

How do I read newsgroups?: added note

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	NCF's news server is news.ncf.carleton.ca and requires your NCF account ID and [[password]]. If you are connected directly through our modem pool, you can read all the newsgroups NCF has available. If you are connected through another provider, you can read all NCF (ncf.*) newsgroups via our news server. You can also read any non-NCF newsgroups through your other provider's news server.		NCF's news server is news.ncf.carleton.ca and requires your NCF account ID and [[password]]. If you are connected directly through our modem pool, you can read all the newsgroups NCF has available. If you are connected through another provider, you can read all NCF (ncf.*) newsgroups via our news server. You can also read any non-NCF newsgroups through your other provider's news server.

			Please note that due to its age, this NCF service is no longer maintained and may be discontinued without warning if the ancient hardware it runs on fails.

	[[Category: NCF services]]		[[Category: NCF services]]

Fn352: sp

2017-06-20T01:58:07Z

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	<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>		<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>

	You can search for specific ~~newsgroupa~~, like <i>comp.lang.python</i>, on Google.		You can search for specific newsgroups, like <i>comp.lang.python</i>, on Google.

	== What are newsgroups? ==		== What are newsgroups? ==

Am125 at 19:40, 19 June 2017

2017-06-19T19:40:01Z

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	<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>		<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>

	You can search for specific newsgroupa, like <i>comp.lang.python</i> on Google.		You can search for specific newsgroupa, like <i>comp.lang.python</i>, on Google.

	== What are newsgroups? ==		== What are newsgroups? ==

Am125 at 19:39, 19 June 2017

2017-06-19T19:39:35Z

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			<b>Newsgroups are no longer supported by NCF</b>

			You can search for specific newsgroupa, like <i>comp.lang.python</i> on Google.

	== What are newsgroups? ==		== What are newsgroups? ==

Fn352: /* How do I read newsgroups? */ grammar

2017-01-05T23:56:41Z

How do I read newsgroups?: grammar

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	== How do I read newsgroups? ==		== How do I read newsgroups? ==

	To view or post to a newsgroup, you need a software called a 'newsreader', which is built into some mail readers.		To view or post to a newsgroup, you need software called a 'newsreader', which is built into some mail readers.

	After [http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/support/newsSetup.html configuring your mail or newsreader] (the link is to old material but pending replacement, it gives the basic idea), you can open a newsgroup simply by clicking on a link to it or by selecting it from within your reader. Getting set up to use newsgroups is like using an email program. It takes some work to set up, but is easy to use thereafter.		After [http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/support/newsSetup.html configuring your mail or newsreader] (the link is to old material but pending replacement, it gives the basic idea), you can open a newsgroup simply by clicking on a link to it or by selecting it from within your reader. Getting set up to use newsgroups is like using an email program. It takes some work to set up, but is easy to use thereafter.