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  • the end of September?

    From The Millennium Wombat@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 4 15:54:03 2024
    I see that Google Groups, which has been the biggest source of spam on
    Usenet in recent years, is due to cease receiving and feeding NNTP in
    February.

    Does this mean that the Eternal September will finally come to an end?

    J.

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to The Millennium Wombat on Thu Jan 4 23:12:19 2024
    On Jan 4, 2024, The Millennium Wombat wrote
    (in article <un6kar$24s5k$[email protected]>):


    I see that Google Groups, which has been the biggest source of spam on
    Usenet in recent years, is due to cease receiving and feeding NNTP in February.

    Does this mean that the Eternal September will finally come to an end?

    J.

    No, you will still be able to access Usenet newsgroups
    using a newsreader such as Agent on Windows, Hogwasher
    on Mac, or the free Thunderbird on Windows, Mac, and Linux,
    accessing a newsserver, such as the Eternal September
    newsserver, and the advantage is that there won’t be any
    flood of spam from Google Groups.

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    David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From The Millennium Wombat@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Fri Jan 5 21:11:08 2024
    On 05/01/2024 02:42, David Dalton wrote:
    On Jan 4, 2024, The Millennium Wombat wrote
    (in article <un6kar$24s5k$[email protected]>):


    I see that Google Groups, which has been the biggest source of spam on
    Usenet in recent years, is due to cease receiving and feeding NNTP in
    February.

    Does this mean that the Eternal September will finally come to an end?

    J.

    No, you will still be able to access Usenet newsgroups
    using a newsreader such as Agent on Windows, Hogwasher
    on Mac, or the free Thunderbird on Windows, Mac, and Linux,
    accessing a newsserver, such as the Eternal September
    newsserver, and the advantage is that there won’t be any
    flood of spam from Google Groups.

    You don't actually understand what Usenet's Eternal September refers to,
    do you?

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    jon ____
    @ \ _/__
    serf.org \X / Usenet poster since 1989
    \/ https://who.jonharley.is

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