news server

[Collins]

On Friday 19 December 2003 07:32, Net Llama! wrote:
> yea, they are a class act.  I've been using their server for nearly 6
> years, and its always worked very well.
>
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> > Check out DFS-CIN NetNews Service: http://news.cis.dfn.de/
> >
> > It's a free news service with lots of newsgroups. I registered with them
> > over a year ago for just what you're looking for and have been satisfied
> > with their service.
> >

Just curious.  I've never used a news server, just email lists and LinuxToday 
and Slashdot and occasionally a few other sites.

What do you get from a news server that you don't from other sources?

I would expect a considerable volume of data to peruse, and since I have 
little time left after sifting through my other sources, what would be the 
real benefit?

Thanks,

-- 
Collins