[sword-devel] HTML Sword sync
Troy A. Griffitts
sword-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 18 May 2001 17:35:38 -0700
Jim and others,
Please try this url in your favourite web browser and tell me if you
can read our news groups...
news://crosswire.org/crosswire.website
Thanks,
-Troy.
James Gross wrote:
>
> Anyone have any comments?
> In Christ,
> David Trotz
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>
> Well, actually, I do. I see the biggest problem with using newsgroups is
> that some of us use ISP's that either don't allow you to use newsgroups or
> your ISP owner speaks a foreign language (I'm stationed in Turkey and my ISP
> doesn't like to respond to questions in English. My English speaking
> friends can't translate technical English to Turkish. My Turkish is too
> rudimentary to communicate technical terms. So, I am out of luck.). That
> said, I would suggest setting up some kind of forum-type website. I know
> that delphi.com allows you to set up a forum for free. Of course, it will
> inundate you with advertisements, but that is a small price to pay, I think.
> I have wanted to get involved with the website newsgroup, but my ISP seems
> to have dropped support for newsgroups. This is very disheartening for me.
> End of pity party.
>
> The now defunct Maximum Linux website even had a link to their forum on
> delphi that showed what questions/rants/etc were current.
>
> If anyone knows of any online newsgroup reader that will allow me to
> subscribe to the crosswire newsgroups, I would appreciate knowing which
> ones. I have subscribed to a few, but they don't allow you to specify
> anything outside of what they already have.
>
> In Christ,
> Jim
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