I don't get it. Does Jay not have an ISP that provides him with an
email account? If so just use your email client to setup a newsgroup
account. What's so hard about that?

The exact details of why this doesn't work are lost in the mist of time
for me, but here's the deal:

Our email and internet service provider is Mediacom, the local cable
network. At home, we have cable modem service, and THERE we can use
Outlook Express to access email and newsgroups, if we wish.

At the hotel, however, cable modem service proved so unreliable that I
eventually tossed Mediacom out on their ear, and went with Qwest DSL
service. For extra money, I can get usenet and email access through
them, but it just didn't seem to make any sense to pay extra $$ just so
I can screw around on newsgroups.

Thus, while at the hotel I have to access my email via Mediacom's
web-based email system, and usenet through web-based sites like Google
Groups. If there's a way to access usenet directly WITHOUT paying
this extra fee to Qwest, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"