Newsgroups; How can you download more than three posts at a time?

On many of the USENET newsgroups, my ISP (SBC Yahoo) limits me to three
downloaded posts at a time. I get a beep and an error message for the fourth
and later ones. Years ago when I was using AOL, they gave me a warning but I
could download 10 or more easily.

How can one get around this limitation.? I am using Entourage as my primary
newsreader, but I can change that.

Bill
-- Ferme le Bush

 

Use MT-Newswatcher. You can even download from different servers at the
same time.

m-m

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But the limit is probably on the SBC server. They're limiting the
number of connections to 3. If you purchase service from another news
provider, you can have more connections. I use Giganews, but there are
others.

 

news.individual.net in Germany is excellent. 10 ¤ a year (12-13 $?),
great speed, no ads. No binaries, though.

 

However, I think they limit you to four connections at a time

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I don't know what that means in practical terms. I use MacSOUP and
subscribe to some ten newsgroups, and I have never been stopped in up-
or downloading articles in the hundreds by any such message as that.

Does that tell you anything? (Straight question, no irony intended.)

 

Essentially, some news readers allow for SIMULTANEOUS connections to the
news server where the articles are stored. I use MT Newswatcher which
has this feature but since I don't click on multiple groups to download
very often, I don't hit the 4 connection limit that Giganews imposes on
my account. I don't have any restriction on the number of articles
downloaded _SERIALLY_ within one connection so long as I don't go over
my monthly transfer quota (25GB).

Think of it as having multiple phone lines and the ability to use all of
them at once. The number of incoming calls depends on the number of
"trunk lines" feeding into the switchboard in front of you. A weak
analogy.

 

Thanks! Never knew I missed that. ;-)