Other ways to access this newsgroup

Various plans at Giganews
http://www.giganews.com/usenet_offers/free_newsgroups.html

Individual.net http://news.individual.net/overview.php

http://motzarella.org/ Free -   Cannot use Bellsouth nor AT&T mail
addresses for registration

http://aioe.org/  Free - I haven't used it lately, so cannot spreak to how

reliable it is.

Astraweb.  http://www.news.astraweb.com/
$10 one-time fee for 25GB.
Excellent support of their product. Good retention.
Their Knowledgebase explains how to set up newsreaders.and more

You can probably block messges and/or posters you don't want to see (on
all of these).
HTH
J