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Orpheus provide a comprehensive usenet feed to our subscribers. Whilst there are in excess of 104,000 newsgroups available, we've carried the Usenet Eight hierarchies which include;
In addition, we provide the following three hierarchies
We simply act as a carrier for Usenet. We don't believe in censorship, so we accept no responsibility for content or suitability of any newsgroups carried. Subscribing to any Usenet newsgroups is entirely down to the personal discretion of individual subscribers.
Internet news/usenet access uses a protocol known as NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) and is downloaded by your computer by a News Agent (MTA) and then viewed by a news client such as Pluto, MT_News or Thunderbird.
Our news server is called newsauth.orpheusnet.co.uk
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Our news server has restricted access so that only Orpheus subscribers with a news account can connect to it. If you're not connected via a news account you will receive a "You have no permission to talk" or somesuch error message. If you encounter this and you are connecting via a news acount, then please contact us quoting the number below:
IP: 216.73.216.0
We can then investigate and check that you have permission to connect etc.
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