Im on AOL, can I use nfilter?
These comments from thynkr@aol.com, thanks thynkr: “Access to an NNTP port on your news server. This rules out AOL users who read Usenet from AOL servers, sorry. However you do have the option of subscribing and connecting to any commercial news service, using any newsreader that will run on your computer. Information on how to do this may be found on news:aol.newsgroups.help.” Okay, the information can be found at http://home1.gte.net/docthomp/AOL.htm. I am not afiliated with the person who maintains that site, but that is where I found out how to do it. There is a modern urban legend / old wives tale afoot which holds that access to nntp servers is somehow blocked by AOL. This is not true. In reality, only AOL subscribers can access *AOL’s* news servers, and only using the (abysmal) AOL news client. This is simply because AOL’s news servers are a) non-nntp-compliant and b) firewalled. It’s a pity that AOL refuses to set up true nntp servers for the use of its customers, because AOL’s
