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  • Re: so I've registered with eternal september - now what

    From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to D.D.Degg on Mon Feb 19 18:13:00 2024
    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a client such
    as Thunderbird. Client settings are here:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    I have tried to bring scientific thinking to literary
    criticism, and there's been very little gratitude for this.
    - Kurt Vonnegut

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to D.D.Degg on Mon Feb 19 23:36:45 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    D.D.Degg <[email protected]> wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    Look in
    news.announce.newgroups or news.groups

    for messages with the subject "List of Big Eight Newsgroups"

    and that should list all the major newsgroups.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Thu Feb 22 08:31:10 2024
    On 2/19/2024 6:13 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a client such
    as Thunderbird.  Client settings are here:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo

    Right, you need a separate newsreader. I remember having some trouble
    getting Thunderbird to work, but it works for me now. Unfortunately,
    I don't remember where I read the instructions that solved my issues,
    but this post may help you:

    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english/c/NgImZXOS8oM

    ---
    Tim Chow

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  • From Freezer@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 23 05:52:55 2024
    If I don't reply to this Timothy Chow post, the terroists win.

    On 2/19/2024 6:13 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a
    client such as Thunderbird.  Client settings are here:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo

    Right, you need a separate newsreader. I remember having some
    trouble getting Thunderbird to work, but it works for me now.
    Unfortunately, I don't remember where I read the instructions
    that solved my issues, but this post may help you:

    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english/c/NgImZXOS8oM

    ---
    Tim Chow


    I use Xnews and have ever since Google trashed Deja News in the
    Before Times. Probably will until a future Windows update finally
    breaks it.

    If you want a dedicated reader that's a bit more up to date, Pan
    would be my recommendation. It has versions for Windows, Linux and
    Mac.

    https://pan.rebelbase.com/

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Sat Feb 24 23:04:56 2024
    On 2/22/2024 7:31 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
    On 2/19/2024 6:13 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a client
    such as Thunderbird.  Client settings are here:

    https://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo

    Right, you need a separate newsreader. I remember having some trouble
    getting Thunderbird to work, but it works for me now. Unfortunately,
    I don't remember where I read the instructions that solved my issues,
    but this post may help you:

    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english/c/NgImZXOS8oM

    I do recommend following those instructions. One other thing to keep in
    mind: If you have completed configuring the settings for Thunderbird,
    and you still can only see the newsgroups in the eternal-september.*
    hierarchy, try quitting Thunderbird and re-starting it. That may help;
    it worked for me.

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    [email protected]

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Feb 26 00:30:22 2024
    Mark Jackson wrote:

    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a client
    such as Thunderbird. Client settings are here:

    I'm a little surprised that there haven't been more efforts to make web
    clients for usenet, as least when it was more of a going concern. At
    one time there was a guy who'd made one that looked really good. Last I checked, that was 404.


    Brian

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to D.D.Degg on Mon Feb 26 00:25:36 2024
    D.D.Degg wrote:

    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?


    I was going to recommend XanaNews, but realized it's past the cutoff
    date so if DD sees this, then he'll have a newsreader.


    Brian

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Default User on Mon Feb 26 18:35:51 2024
    On 2024-02-26 00:30:22 +0000, Default User said:

    Mark Jackson wrote:

    On 2/19/2024 5:58 PM, D.D.Degg wrote:
    i don't see a way to find groups.
    what are my next steps?

    I don't think there's a web interface, so you need to run a client
    such as Thunderbird. Client settings are here:

    I'm a little surprised that there haven't been more efforts to make web clients for usenet, as least when it was more of a going concern. At
    one time there was a guy who'd made one that looked really good. Last I checked, that was 404.

    I don't know how up-to-date these lists are, but ...

    https://www.newsgroupreviews.com/web-usenet.html
    https://www.cogipas.com/best-web-based-usenet-providers/
    https://newsgroupservers.net/best-providers/zweb-based-usenet/

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