Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:52:29 -0500
To: Sam Vincent <svincent AT zippy DOT sonoma DOT edu>, A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk,
        DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: "Cory C. Albrecht" <cory AT ionline DOT net>
Subject: Re: comp.compression

At 02:50 13/11/95 -0800, Sam Vincent wrote:
>>> [comp.compression] would be a newsgroup comp.compression and not a mailing

>>But still, PLEASE, how to access or contact or read it?

>You're asking us how to read a newsgroup?
>Well..  Ok.. I'll be nice this time..   on most systems you can type: tin
>at your prompt.  then go search for the newsgroup..

tin is un*x, and even then not necessarily. He might have to use [t]rn. If
he's getting his mail by dial-ip ip and pop-host, he needs to get a programme
like NewsXpress or WinVN, for example (both for Windows), and he heeds to
know the hostname of a news server.

>if that doesnt work ask your local sysadmin how to access the usenet..

That's probably the best answer in any case, given the variety of systems
on the internet these days.