Cannot update newsgroup

[Fen]

I am using Vista and several newsgoups are working fine. However there is a
very active one I need, but I have recorded only a few messages, and they
are far from current. The aname of the group is as follows:

alt.support.cancer.prostrate

Can someone tell me how to activate this newsgroup on my new computer? Why
do some work, and this one does not ? Many thanks.

 

[John Inzer]

I am using Vista and several newsgoups are working fine. However
there is a very active one I need, but I have recorded only a few
messages, and they are far from current. The aname of the group is as
follows:
alt.support.cancer.prostrate

Can someone tell me how to activate this newsgroup on my new
computer? Why do some work, and this one does not ? Many thanks.

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FWIW...you can access it on Google Groups

alt.support.cancer.prostate
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.cancer.prostate/topics

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[Dave]

Could be that this group contains a misspelling (prostRate), and the correct
group is
alt.support.cancer.prostate

There is no activation, you just have to set up your newsreader program to
access a news server, sometimes using a username & password.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I am using Vista and several newsgoups are working fine. However there is
a very active one I need, but I have recorded only a few messages, and they
are far from current. The aname of the group is as follows:

alt.support.cancer.prostrate

Can someone tell me how to activate this newsgroup on my new computer?
Why do some work, and this one does not ? Many thanks.

It depends on the news server. Can you contact the people running the news
server?