Alternative to Google Groups

Sacrilege, this is a Linux group :-)

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bad sector

2024-02-17 01:39:19 UTC

Post by Marco Moock
This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
newsgroup using Google Groups.
Google will discontinue Groups in Feb 2024.
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.
Those behave similar to Google Groups, you can read there, but for
posting you need to register an account for free.
https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=alt.os.linux
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
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.

Post by Marco Moock
For using it, you need a newsreader.
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

http://pan.rebelbase.com/

Post by Marco Moock
You then need to configure a newsgroup account, sometimes also
called NNTP.
For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
settings.
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.

RonB

2024-03-06 07:00:56 UTC

I signed up for a low-end (then $3) giganews service about a decade ago,
never saw a reason to leave them since.

Post by Marco Moock
For using it, you need a newsreader.
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

http://pan.rebelbase.com/

and... slrn

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Ant

2024-03-06 20:00:49 UTC

RonB <***@gmail.com> wrote:
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Post by Marco Moock
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
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.

Post by Marco Moock
For using it, you need a newsreader.
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!

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RonB

2024-03-06 22:21:59 UTC

Post by Ant
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Post by Marco Moock
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
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.

Post by Marco Moock
For using it, you need a newsreader.
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.

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candycanearter07

2024-03-07 02:20:02 UTC

Post by Ant
...

Post by Marco Moock
Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.
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.

Post by Marco Moock
For using it, you need a newsreader.
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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Popping Mad

2024-03-08 04:53:18 UTC

Post by candycanearter07

Post by Ant
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