On 2/16/24 10:05, Marco Moock wrote:
This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
newsgroup using Google Groups.
Google will discontinue Groups in Feb 2024.
For those who do not know Usenet:
Usenet is a distributed communication system consisting of many servers.
Google Groups is only one of them that closes down - other servers will
stay available, but people need to use another server to read and post
here.
There are 2 alternatives:
Using a web-based Usenet interface:
Those behave similar to Google Groups, you can read there, but for
posting you need to register an account for free.
One of them is:
https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=alt.os.linux
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register:
https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago, never saw a reason to leave them since.
For using it, you need a newsreader.
Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
You then need to configure a newsgroup account, sometimes also
called NNTP.
For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
settings.
For Thunderbird, a tutorial is available here:
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Usenet
For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
the group news.software.readers.
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register:
https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago, never saw a reason to leave them since.
For using it, you need a newsreader.
Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
and... slrn
RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register: >> >> https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago, >> > never saw a reason to leave them since.
For using it, you need a newsreader.
Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
and... slrn
tin (text newsreader), from http://tin.org, like I am using right now!
On 2024-03-06, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register: >>> >> https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago, >>> > never saw a reason to leave them since.
For using it, you need a newsreader.
Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
and... slrn
tin (text newsreader), from http://tin.org, like I am using right now!
I've heard good things about tin, but now I'm used to slrn. I picked it because, like tin, it's a text newsreader and I could use Jstar (a JOE editor variant) in it.
RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote at 22:21 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 2024-03-06, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register: >>>>>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago, >>>>> never saw a reason to leave them since.
For using it, you need a newsreader.
Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
and... slrn
tin (text newsreader), from http://tin.org, like I am using right now!
I've heard good things about tin, but now I'm used to slrn. I picked it
because, like tin, it's a text newsreader and I could use Jstar (a JOE
editor variant) in it.
I prefer the cool ascii thread representation in slrn. Also it
works well with slrnpull.
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