Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?

Subject: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: GUEST,Davetnova
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:27 PM

I've been trying to subscribe to alt.folk.uk but i try through aol it says its an invalid group. If I try though a link I get permission denied. How do you get to it?

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:47 PM

Never heard about it. Are you sure you are not looking for uk.music.folk?

Otherwise, you at the mercy of your usenet provider - they don't all carry all groups. Google groups is a possibility in that case.

Jon

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:52 PM

If it exists at all, you can't find it at Google groups. Beats me.

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:54 PM

You maybe right Jon. I got that address from the electric blues club page, it could well be wrong. THank you.

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:57 PM

There's alt.music.world

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:57 PM

I put "alt.folk.uk" into Google, and the first hit was:

Electric Blues Club - Folk
... the latest songs to play online!! Folk Links. alt.folk.uk UK newsgroup
that discusses all aspects of folk music and instruments. ...
members.lycos.co.uk/vocalist/ebc1/folk.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages.

If you open
John

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:59 PM

Yes, I tried that. The onsite link takes you to your own news server, which of course does not carry it...

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:01 PM

Oooooops

That should have been:

If you open Electric Blues Club and scroll down a ways, there is a link to alt.folk.uk; but you have to set up a "newsgroup" account (in your email browser) to connect.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:03 PM

As usual, Malcolm, you're way ahead of me. I didn't check the link because I don't subscribe to newsgroups - on principle - so couldn't go that far.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: GUEST,Davetnova
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:09 PM

Thats the link I was trying to get to but couldn't. Aol browser wont let me set up an account for it. I got to uk.music.folk OK though.

Subject: RE: Tech: how do you get to alt.folk.uk?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:35 PM

If your ISP doesn't carry a newsgroup, you've pretty much had it unless it's archived somewhere (usually Google, formerly Dejanews - but not in this case) or you can find a public news server that has it. In this case, I rather suspect that the group in question doesn't exist any more, even assuming it once did; though I could well be wrong. The only times I've ever heard mention of it, though (apart from those few references found through Google) has been from people who couldn't find it!