Re: [MacPerl] Lang.perl.* news groups

[ikemi@xa2.so-net.or.jp (Takashi Ikemi)]

At 9:48 PM 98.07.22, Robin McFarlane wrote:
> I know this isn't strictly a Mac Perl issue, but it's driving me crazy....
> I recently moved to Tokyo and have my ISP here (Tokyo). I have tried to
> subscribe to the various perl language discussion groups but the problem is
> this - they're in Japanese. I can't get an English language version here
> and I inevitably am not given access if I try to connect up to a different
> news server. I do have a Unix shell account elsewhere that will allow me to
> access the local news server, but only if I telnet in and as you can
> immagine dealing with a volumous mailing list through a tenet connection is
> more frustrating  than it is informative (the dates are ASCII sorted for
> one thing). Can anyone suggest a way for me to connect up to a server (any
> server) with a news reader?
>

Hi, welcome to Japan :-)

I suppose you mean "fj.xxx" or other newsgroups in Japanese
language. It's true there are many "japanese only" newsgroups
here in Japan, but if your ISP really serves only those
Japanese newsgroups, that's a bad luck of you. Even in Japan,
most of major ISPs serve - I believe - the worldwide newsgroups
like "comp", "sci", "rec", "alt" etc. So if you are staying
here for a certain amount of time (or more :-)), maybe you
should change your ISP.

Takashi Ikemi
ikemi@xa2.so-net.ne.jp




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