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  • Re: This Group is Ending

    From Andy Walker@21:1/5 to Phil Innes on Tue Dec 26 23:21:57 2023
    On 26/12/2023 18:45, Phil Innes wrote:
    By edict of Google, we shall soon be no more, while 'research' might
    still be done, no 'new' messages is the message.

    Unless we have been misinformed, "This Group" is not "Ending".
    Many groups would welcome Google no longer allowing postings -- at least
    two of the well-populated groups that I read have been nearly ruined by
    Google spam, and rescued only by KF'ing articles from "gmail.com".

    So who is going to set up a Facebook group and run it? Facebook seems
    like the best alternative, [...].

    A [much] better alternative, esp for those of us who have nothing
    at all to do with FB, is to switch to one of the other providers. GIYF!

    --
    Andy Walker, Nottingham.
    Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
    Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Macfarren

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Fri Dec 29 01:45:59 2023
    On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:20:06 -0800, Eli Kesef wrote:

    This server seems to give free Usernet access: https://www.eternal-september.org/

    I want to use Thunderbird to access it, but it is difficult to get it working.

    There are other news readers that will handle it. Just have to find
    them and get them set up.

    Yes, there are. I use the Pan newsreader; since I frequent comp.arch, one
    of the first to be attacked by spam, so that Google Groups already does
    not allow posting to it, I had needed to do that some days ago.

    John Savard

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Dec 28 20:44:55 2023
    On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:45:59 -0000 (UTC), Quadibloc <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:20:06 -0800, Eli Kesef wrote:

    This server seems to give free Usernet access:
    https://www.eternal-september.org/

    I want to use Thunderbird to access it, but it is difficult to get it
    working.

    There are other news readers that will handle it. Just have to find
    them and get them set up.

    Yes, there are. I use the Pan newsreader; since I frequent comp.arch, one
    of the first to be attacked by spam, so that Google Groups already does
    not allow posting to it, I had needed to do that some days ago.

    John Savard

    I can't imagine using Thunderbird for Usenet but then I'm big into
    binaries. I do use Thunderbird for my e-mail and am quite happy with
    it and have been for the last 10+ years though dislike the cascaded
    threads in the new release since you sometimes miss that there are
    more than one message there :)

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  • From Carlo XYZ@21:1/5 to Eli Kesef on Fri Dec 29 17:59:13 2023
    Eli Kesef schrieb am 27.12.23 um 22:20:

    We'll have to find other ways to connect to Usenet, which is where this group is hosted on.

    This server seems to give free Usernet access: https://www.eternal-september.org/

    Yes, it's gratuitous and very well maintained.
    You just need to sign in and get a password.

    I want to use Thunderbird to access it, but it is difficult to get it working.

    But that's not the fault of ES. Thunderbird
    is truly a monster. Try Betterbird or SeaMonkey.

    <https://www.betterbird.eu>

    <https://www.seamonkey-project.org>

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