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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / March 2008Address for the newsgroup
What is the address for the newsgroup? I want Jim to at least have it. He reads my diabetic support group newsgroup with me, and he needs to be hearing what you all are saying. I still am answering your replies to me, but I can see things in your replies he needs to hear from you guys. It helps on the diabetes group for each spouse to hear what is being said. I am appreciating all I've read from you guys. ;) My sincere best to each of you. Replying to you as I am writing. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm > What is the address for the newsgroup? Not quite sure what it is that you require. The group *name* is: alt.support.cancer.prostrate Maybe I am misunderstanding you. Take care. > "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message > news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Take care. I know that. But if I send a link for the group, I cannot remember if I need to preface it with an http:// or not. We email across the room to each other. LOL Better to send the newsgroup than individual messages. Does that make any more sense? Guess I could practice sending to myself. My Firefox messed up on me last night, and I'm having to work on that. :( Could not publish my blog, so no more up-to-date. You all are being a big help to me, and will be to him. He's been having a bit of depression. Our son came by yesterday, and brought us lunch. Emotions are running taught. Today is breaking bright! Please feel free to ask any questions. I don't mind. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >> "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message >> news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I know that. But if I send a link for the group, I cannot remember if I > need to preface it with an http:// or not. Billie, it looks like you're using Microsoft Mail as a newsreader, i.e. the application that allows you to read newsgroups like this one. There's a difference between email and (public) newsgroup messages; Microsoft Mail, obviously, also allows you to mail individual people. For mail you need the addressee's mail address. For newsgroups you need to subscribe, as you obviously have done, to the address that Bodie gave you (leaving out the extra r, even in winter). If you want somebody else to subscribe as well, give that person the same alt.support.cancer.prostate and he or she should subscribe to it using a similar program. No http etc needed. If you're using Firefox instead of MSIE, you might consider Thunderbird instead of Microsoft Mail. > We email across the room to each other. LOL Better to send the > newsgroup than individual messages. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis > http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >>> "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message >>> news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> >> Please feel free to ask any questions. I don't mind. You know the shortest distance between two points is a straight line..... well, that is my keyboard. LOL A little more effort, all I have to do is get him to bring his computer over this way next time he comes, and I will set it up for him. Having been medical admin for 49 years, he is used to having others working *in the office* and two years of retirement has not completely cleared him of having someone else do or show him how to do things. ;) He's learning, though, and he's sweet. ;) So, I'll set him up (his is already set up for asd), and if he wants to read, he can, if not, okay. Being in the diabetic support group (alt support diabetic) REALLY helped me, and what I've read so far here has been informative to me. I have used Microsoft as my newsreader for so many years, it just feels like an old shoe (oh, no comment needed ;), and I have tried others. (Agent for one) One reason I'm sticking with MS is because one of my diseases plus some meds have messed with my cognitive skills, and I need something I don't need to think about. My needs are small, and it fits my purpose. Thanks a lot. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm Billie.....phone Southwest Bell (your ISP) and ask them to set you up for news groups. I happen to use Outlook Express, not MS Outlook. I read my ng's via OE and a free server. OR you can read the news groups via Google Groups Archives. OR you can get a free news server. It just depends on whether or not SW Bell still carries news groups. Here in Canada, Bell and Rogers dropped them. Cheers....Heather (Canada) >> "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message >> news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis > http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >> "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message >> news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Does that make any more sense? Guess I could practice sending to myself. Hi, Billie. From what's been said in this thread, I'm guessing that you are accessing this newsgroup via a web browser, like Firefox. I think most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express or Agent, or others. The usenet, and all the groups in it, are not a part of the world wide web, and, therefore, one does not need to use http, slashes, www, or any of that to access the groups using a newsreader that goes directly to the usenet. If you are using a browser, and you want Jim to also use a browser, here's what I'd suggest. Copy the url from the address line in your browser (right click on it and select copy), then send that to Jim in an email. He will probably just be able to double-click on it and have it come up in his browser across the room. Then, he can set it as one of his "favorites", "bookmarks", or whatever your browser calls them, and he'll be off an running. I hope this helps and I hope Jim benefits from participating in the newsgroup directly. If this is not clear, or you need more information, let me know. Feel free to email, if you wish. Burney RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 Latest PSA - 0.18 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com >>> "Billie" <someone@swbell.net> wrote in message >>> news:ygIyj.10817$Mw.9776@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.ce beiiom... [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > burney dot huff at mindspring dot com *+ Thanks, Burney. I use Microsoft Mail, which is the new Outlook Express in Vista. I have used Agent, but prefer to just toggle back and forth in my email program. At one time when I got so much mail, it was a bother, but I've cut my mail way back so it doesn't bother any more. Thank you very much Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >*+ >Thanks, Burney. > >I use Microsoft Mail, which is the new Outlook Express in Vista. I have So, THAT'S what Microsoft Mail is and where it is - and why I was in the dark about it. I have a laptop that runs Vista; but, I only use Outlook for email and Agent for usenet. So, I never saw the "new" OE in Vista. Thanks for the info! Burney RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 Latest PSA - 0.18 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com Make that "prostate." It's a common error. Ken Bland >> What is the address for the newsgroup? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Take care. > > What is the address for the newsgroup? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Take care. and it's only prostRate after quite a few single malts. *lol* sorry about that, it should be alt.support.cancer.prostate *sorry folks* hehehehehehe You all are the greatest!!! I know you will be a blessing and help to him. It has been quite some time, but I recall - maybe incorrectly - of sending someone to a newsgroup via a llink. Yes, of course, if they desire, they must subscribe, but that is all that would be left for him to do. ;) That has been so long ago that I am sure to be remembering wrongly. His computer is already set up for newsgroups. He reads asd, alt support diabetes, but he has not the first clue how to set up new groups, so I've told him to drop his computer off with me on this next trip to the kitchen, that I had something to put on it. I've already told him some things I've read here. He will be subscribed later this afternoon. *s* Lest anyone should misunderstand, it is I who is diabetic, not he. He just reads periodically when it gets interesting. Thank you all again so very, very much. If you do not mind, I'd like to hang around here and read until the time comes. My nerves are just a bit tense. Not so much his surgery, but I'm having to leave our house, and that is bothering me. :( A good day to all of you. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm Subscription is done. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >Subscription is done. Great! But, please do hang around. And, tell that husband to chime in, too. Burney >Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission >http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ >http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages > >Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis >http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 Latest PSA - 0.18 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com Oh, I will, especially once I get caught up with some of my stuff. I'm learning, but the acronyms are a bit challenging. I told him I had the group on his, plus, of course it is visible. He'll fool me and be reading and never let me know. You have great initials, btw. Mine is *bh* also, and the first two letters of my email address. Ragdoll Billie on the Road to Remission http://andlifegoesononedayonestepatatime.blogspot.com/ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billiewages Striving for a world without Myasthenia Gravis http://www.myasthenia.org/amg_whatismg.cfm >>Subscription is done. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > burney dot huff at mindspring dot com -- >You have great initials, btw. Mine is *bh* also, and the first two letters >of my email address. Thanks, Billie. The initials have served me pretty well for 65 years. I guess I'll hang onto them for a while longer. Burney RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 Latest PSA - 0.18 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com
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