I'm FF. I had to go through the gruesome process of accessing RSS
through a newsreader. This is why my nick (and possibly other things)
is now different. For now, until I get used to the new situation and hopefully learn how to change my nick back to FF. Not that I need the
secrecy any more but I have grown fond of it.
Anyway, I want to say a few things about the forced change.
First, it definitely sucks. I know there are those of you who think
it's better this way, I disagree. It's uselessly complicated. Besides,
it has been rather difficult for me to set it up, and I'm a
professional. I'm sure others will find it prohibitively difficult.
With Google Groups it was reasonably simple. But whatever. I don't
make their policy and if they decided to dump it there's not much we
can do.
Second, many thanks for the help I got from your posts, especially to Blueshirt. I wouldn't have done it without your info, or at the very
least it would have taken me much longer and I would have probably
given up. Per his recommendation, I'm using Eternal September, with newsreader XanaNews. Hopefully it works, and hopefully I can get learn
my way here quickly enough.
That said, nice hearing from you all again.
FF wrote:
I'm FF. I had to go through the gruesome process of accessing RSS
through a newsreader. This is why my nick (and possibly other
things) is now different. For now, until I get used to the new
situation and hopefully learn how to change my nick back to FF. Not
that I need the secrecy any more but I have grown fond of it.
Anyway, I want to say a few things about the forced change.
First, it definitely sucks. I know there are those of you who think
it's better this way, I disagree. It's uselessly complicated.
Besides, it has been rather difficult for me to set it up, and I'm a professional. I'm sure others will find it prohibitively difficult.
With Google Groups it was reasonably simple. But whatever. I don't
make their policy and if they decided to dump it there's not much we
can do.
Second, many thanks for the help I got from your posts, especially
to Blueshirt. I wouldn't have done it without your info, or at the
very least it would have taken me much longer and I would have
probably given up. Per his recommendation, I'm using Eternal
September, with newsreader XanaNews. Hopefully it works, and
hopefully I can get learn my way here quickly enough.
That said, nice hearing from you all again.
What a surprise, it looks like my nick is still FF. I have no idea
thow this came about but i'm glad about it.
I'm FF. I had to go through the gruesome process of accessing
RSS through a newsreader. This is why my nick (and possibly
other things) is now different. For now, until I get used to
the new situation and hopefully learn how to change my nick
back to FF. Not that I need the secrecy any more but I have
grown fond of it.
Anyway, I want to say a few things about the forced change.
First, it definitely sucks. I know there are those of you who
think it's better this way, I disagree. It's uselessly
complicated. Besides, it has been rather difficult for me to
set it up, and I'm a professional. I'm sure others will find
it prohibitively difficult. With Google Groups it was
reasonably simple. But whatever. I don't make their policy and
if they decided to dump it there's not much we can do.
Second, many thanks for the help I got from your posts,
especially to Blueshirt. I wouldn't have done it without your
info, or at the very least it would have taken me much longer
and I would have probably given up. Per his recommendation,
I'm using Eternal September, with newsreader XanaNews.
Hopefully it works, and hopefully I can get learn my way here
quickly enough.
That said, nice hearing from you all again.
You're welcome... XanaNews is a simple newsreader in the big
scheme of things. Basic enough and does the job. Once you get
used to it you might prefer a newsreader upgrade of some sort,
but it was easier for me to recommend something that I actually
use, that way if anyone did need advice I could help them out.
BTW, do you know how I can get somebody out of the so-called
Bozo bin (whatever that is) ? I put myself accidentally there
when I was trying to find my way around things. I can't access
the help, even though there seems to be one but it doesn't
work, at least at my place. And the info on the Net is
practically 0.
Just out of curiosity, what was your secretive new username?
FF wrote:
BTW, do you know how I can get somebody out of the so-called
Bozo bin (whatever that is) ? I put myself accidentally there
when I was trying to find my way around things. I can't access
the help, even though there seems to be one but it doesn't
work, at least at my place. And the info on the Net is
practically 0.
At the top, above the toolbar...
Click 'Tools' -> In the box that opens, scroll down to
'Options', click that -> On the left panel select 'Bozo Bin' ->
Select the email address of the relevant person -> Hit the
'Delete' button below that box -> Then the 'Apply' button right
at the bottom.
Thanks. But it looks like it's not needed, because I actually
had removed myself by pressing the Bozo button once more (as
it's obvious it should work). The reason I thought I was still
a bozo is that I saw the threads started by me in yellow (all
messages, not just mine). I guess that's an error, as
obviously they aren't ignored since I'm not a bozo any more, I
can see them and reply to them. Anyway, I changed the color to
brown so now it's not a problem any more.
FF wrote:
Thanks. But it looks like it's not needed, because I actually
had removed myself by pressing the Bozo button once more (as
it's obvious it should work). The reason I thought I was still
a bozo is that I saw the threads started by me in yellow (all
messages, not just mine). I guess that's an error, as
obviously they aren't ignored since I'm not a bozo any more, I
can see them and reply to them. Anyway, I changed the color to
brown so now it's not a problem any more.
The fact that you know how to change the colour of messages
already is a good sign...
Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you!
On 10.08.2024 00:49, WernerPichler wrote:
On Wed, 1 May 2024 11:40:04 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:
Well I personally prefer a newsreader but I've never used
Google Groups to access Usenet so I am just sticking to
what I know!
Obviously it was a big change for the Google Groups
regulars. But a couple of you have made it back so that's
good.
If you find you do prefer web gateway access to Usenet,
NovaBBS seems to be making some headway and I think Ray at eternal-september is working on his own interface... so
stay tuned.
Have Eternal September expunged their archive? All messages
older than six weeks have disappeared for me from the
server, and it used to go back to 2007 or so.
OK so it appears that Eternal September's servers crashed hard.
They might be able to re-upload everything (timeline given for
that is several weeks, at least) but it's not certain.
Werner Pichler wrote:
On 10.08.2024 00:49, WernerPichler wrote:
On Wed, 1 May 2024 11:40:04 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:
Well I personally prefer a newsreader but I've never used
Google Groups to access Usenet so I am just sticking to
what I know!
Obviously it was a big change for the Google Groups
regulars. But a couple of you have made it back so that's
good.
If you find you do prefer web gateway access to Usenet,
NovaBBS seems to be making some headway and I think Ray at
eternal-september is working on his own interface... so
stay tuned.
Have Eternal September expunged their archive? All messages
older than six weeks have disappeared for me from the
server, and it used to go back to 2007 or so.
OK so it appears that Eternal September's servers crashed hard.
That's why it's always good to have a back-up.
Although in my case eternal-september IS my back-up! ;-)
They might be able to re-upload everything (timeline given for
that is several weeks, at least) but it's not certain.
At least with a newsreader you do have the option to download
all the messages - from whatever NNTP service you use - and keep
your own archive!
Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
Werner Pichler wrote:
OK so it appears that Eternal September's servers crashed
hard.
That's why it's always good to have a back-up.
Although in my case eternal-september IS my back-up! ;-)
They might be able to re-upload everything (timeline given
for that is several weeks, at least) but it's not certain.
At least with a newsreader you do have the option to download
all the messages - from whatever NNTP service you use - and
keep your own archive!
Anders T has just written in another medium that the
Forte Agent Premier News service he has used (and
payed for) for decades has closed down for good, so
he‘s currently cut off. As we’ve seen Eternal
September is not a great alternative right now either.
I can’t help it, I’m not finding this shiny post-Google
Usenet era all that awesome.
OK so it appears that Eternal September's servers crashed hard.
Anders T has just written in another medium that the
Forte Agent Premier News service he has used (and
payed for) for decades has closed down for good, so
he�s currently cut off. As we�ve seen Eternal
September is not a great alternative right now either.
I can�t help it, I�m not finding this shiny post-Google
Usenet era all that awesome.
Quoting Werner Pichler in rec.sport.soccer:
Anders T has just written in another medium that the
Forte Agent Premier News service he has used (and
payed for) for decades has closed down for good, so
he‘s currently cut off. As we’ve seen Eternal
September is not a great alternative right now either.
I can’t help it, I’m not finding this shiny post-Google
Usenet era all that awesome.
Back in! Trying "Pure Usenet" for 7 days, let's see how it
works.
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