Do I get a newsreader or do I just give up on rsfc?

[JGibson]

Just saw this note that the top of rsfc:

*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.

What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.

I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.

I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

[xyzzy]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.

Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

[i***@gmail.com]

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

I knew a guy who owned and flew his own plane. He seemed to really
enjoy it until he crashed and killed himself and two other people.
So I stick to commercial flights, on big planes, with professional pilots.


Irish Mike

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

Darn! Missed my window. :)

I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning
now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my
medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.

[xyzzy]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

Darn! Missed my window. :)
I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning
now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my
medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.

Flying gliders doesn’t require an FAA medical, if that interests you.

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

Darn! Missed my window. :)
I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning
now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my
medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.

Flying gliders doesn’t require an FAA medical, if that interests you.

I remember that from when I was a kid...how hard is it to get a tow?

[xyzzy]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

Darn! Missed my window. :)
I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning
now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my
medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.

Flying gliders doesn’t require an FAA medical, if that interests you.

I remember that from when I was a kid...how hard is it to get a tow?

It’s generally a service offered by all glider clubs. Looks like there’s
one near you at Seminole Lake https://www.soarfl.com/

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and
pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)

If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.

Darn! Missed my window. :)
I'll keep looking for opportunities. I was thinking I might try learning
now that I am only a few miles from the EAA location, but considering my
medical situation I decided discretion was the better part of valor.

Flying gliders doesn’t require an FAA medical, if that interests you.

I remember that from when I was a kid...how hard is it to get a tow?

It’s generally a service offered by all glider clubs. Looks like there’s
one near you at Seminole Lake https://www.soarfl.com/

I was thinking of doing it in the summer up by our house in Fond du Lac.
Looks like there is a place less than an hour from my place...

I think we are planning to ride a boat over to watch the EAA show this
summer. I don't know what the protocol is for that other than just
shooting on over...but I am sure our neighbors will give us all the
info.

[MummyChunk]

Post by JGibson
Just saw this note that the top of rsfc
*BEGIN QUOTE
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer suppor

new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, an
new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searchin
of historical data will still be supported as it is don
toda

Just use another site that provides web based access t
the group. They are a few out there for those who do not want to us
a NNTP server for access


This is a response to the post seen at
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=657370456#65737045

[MummyChunk]

Post by JE Corbett

On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:03:32PM UTC-5, JGibso
Just saw this note that the top of rsfc
*BEGIN QUOTE
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer suppor

new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, an
new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searchin
of historical data will still be supported as it is done toda

Post by JE Corbett
I'm giving up all my google groups. I waste too much time on the

as it is. I'm not going to pay for an alternative

Why pay when there are plenty of options where you do not need to pa
and they work the same as Google Groups (or better

Here for example


This is a response to the post seen at
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=657370456#65737045

[JGibson]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

Outside of my work e-mail, I use gmail.

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by JGibson

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

Outside of my work e-mail, I use gmail.

Then you'd have to get a news reader. I don't know Usenet clients
outside of Linux. Thunderbird would work, of course. It looks like PAN
has a Windows client. Heaven only knows if Apple deigns to support
such things.

I'd give you a login to SSH in and use SLRN, if you wanted to do
what I do and use text-based. I assume you can still get Eternal
September accounts.

But I doubt the froup will survive, alas. Too big a blow. Now
we see the problem of having a sugar daddy. You become old and
unattractive like Usenet, and it's "Honey, there's the door."

[JGibson]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

Outside of my work e-mail, I use gmail.

Then you'd have to get a news reader. I don't know Usenet clients
outside of Linux. Thunderbird would work, of course. It looks like PAN
has a Windows client. Heaven only knows if Apple deigns to support
such things.
I'd give you a login to SSH in and use SLRN, if you wanted to do
what I do and use text-based. I assume you can still get Eternal
September accounts.
But I doubt the froup will survive, alas. Too big a blow. Now
we see the problem of having a sugar daddy. You become old and
unattractive like Usenet, and it's "Honey, there's the door."

It was on life support anyway. rsbc was always "my" group, and I only became super active in rsfc when rsbc hit its deathbed. Only a few of us left anyway. Nice "knowing" you all!

[RoddyMcCorley]

Post by JGibson

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

Outside of my work e-mail, I use gmail.

I use Thunderbird for all my mail. Pretty flexible.

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that
I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

It is -- I would use the old "suck" program to pull in the group (and
the few others I still watch) from an NNTP feed, then provide a server
that people could use. I doubt that there will be a call for it,
but if there were, I could do it.

Hard to believe that after 34 years of Usenet use, it will be history
for me. I got my first feed from UIUC, then from UUNET, if anyone
remembers them. I ran news peers with C News, then INN, for a number
of years. All through the Morris incident, Sep 1994, rise of the
spammers (I wonder if Sanford Wallace is still alive) and the
corresponding cancelers. What a fustercluck.

[Happy Holidaze]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the
majority of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear,
requiring one to pay for it. There are no good providers with
sub-$5.00/month cost that I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for
years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

This should do it for most.

paganini.bofh.team port 119 or 563

No registration required, good retention.

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by Happy Holidaze

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the
majority of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear,
requiring one to pay for it. There are no good providers with
sub-$5.00/month cost that I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for
years, but that is gone.
I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and
a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for
more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....

This should do it for most.
paganini.bofh.team port 119 or 563
No registration required, good retention.

Seems to work well. I'll try it for a while. This in combination with
Thunderbird or Pan should work pretty well for most people, though I don't
know what mobile or tablet users would find to use.

[xyzzy]

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it.

Eternal September has been flaky lately. Been seeing a lot of out of
sequence post delivery where I see the replies before the original poast,
or never see the original poast. It was making rsfc unusable for me so I
stopped for a while. But checking in now it *seems* to have been resolved.
We’ll see

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by xyzzy

Post by Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority
of users are from Google Groups.
What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as
Thunderbird.
I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring
one to pay for it.

Eternal September has been flaky lately. Been seeing a lot of out of
sequence post delivery where I see the replies before the original poast,
or never see the original poast. It was making rsfc unusable for me so I
stopped for a while. But checking in now it *seems* to have been resolved.
We’ll see

Same here. But the paganini.bofh.team server that was posted here is working
great for me, and I am using it.

[unclejr]

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

If I can't access RSFC via google groups, I'm done posting here.

Goodbye cruel world!

[Corky]

On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:26:02 PM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

So they're going to maintain a database but do away with the front end? That seems weird. I guess recgroups is dead, haven't tried to open it in ages. Seems like it's too much trouble just to read a bunch of anti-conservative 'gotcha' posts from libs. I'm sure there are plenty of football forums available like this used to be.

[Some dued]

Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

It's a mercy killing.
AFO&U I guess after 25 years of mostly lurking.

[unclejr]

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Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

It's a mercy killing.
AFO&U I guess after 25 years of mostly lurking.

AFO&U after 19 years here.

[unclejr]

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Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

It's a mercy killing.
AFO&U I guess after 25 years of mostly lurking.

AFO&U after 19 years here.

The only post to rsfc today was my Wordle post. Sad. Pathetic too.

[[e-mail]]

Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

You could start a second FB group that allows all discussions. (the one now is supposed to disallow politics, though it is not usually enforced)

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

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Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

You could start a second FB group that allows all discussions. (the one now is supposed to disallow politics, though it is not usually enforced)

RSFC Unleashed!

[DustyMcDanerson]

Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

AFO&U after 18 years or so. Not sure. I still think an RSFCking reunion should be had, and I still propose a LAS VEGAS SPROTS BETTING VENUE. I have a little respect for most of you and a lot of respect for a few of you. I would buy you a beer.

Yours,
Dan S.

[j***@mich.com]

Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

$50 buys 1000G on Astraweb. That's a ton of usenet use.

I still use Forte Agent 4, works with all versions of Windows, but have to search to find free version now. Agent 9 is excellent but is $29 now, I
think

Xananews looks great and is free, Pan looks good as well and is also free.

[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

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Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

$50 buys 1000G on Astraweb. That's a ton of usenet use.
I still use Forte Agent 4, works with all versions of Windows, but
have to search to find free version now. Agent 9 is excellent but is
$29 now, I think
Xananews looks great and is free, Pan looks good as well and is also free.

PAN originally stood for Pimp-Ass Newsreader. (Of course that meant I
had to try it out.) I found it tow work well, and if I were a graphical
kind of guy I would use that.

[Nomen Nescio]

Alternative to GOOGLE groups shutting down...

https://rec.sport.football.college.narkive.com/

https://soc.culture.british.com.narkive.com/

https://soc.culture.scottish.narkive.com/

https://narkive.com/

Just add .narkive.com/ to the end of the group you're googling for.

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[Con Reeder, unhyphenated American]

Post by Nomen Nescio
Alternative to GOOGLE groups shutting down...
https://rec.sport.football.college.narkive.com/
https://soc.culture.british.com.narkive.com/
https://soc.culture.scottish.narkive.com/
https://narkive.com/
Just add .narkive.com/ to the end of the group you're googling for.
For general everyday sending email you should be using tuta.com encrypted email.
"END TO END ENCRYPTION"
This is not about making money, this is about telling people to use end to end
encryption when sending email. Get off Hotmail and Gmail and other like them as
they're scanning your emails, putting ads in your email account and collecting
data on you. Why do you think they're free, do you think they want to make you
happy?
FREE and premium services: https://tuta.com/
Independent tuta review: https://privacysavvy.com/email/guides/tutanota-guide/

Nice to know about if the group keeps on going.

But can you post from it?

[Nomen Nescio]

Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote...
Nice to know about if the group keeps on going.
But can you post from it?

Some groups let you post (list below) but you have to register.

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=============================================================
::
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=============================================================
From: ***@test.com
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::
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owE1jMsNwjAUBH3gZMk9PClnUoBPUANpwElW2OBPZD8H0gd1UCP2gduuNDNfj
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-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
=============================================================

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=============================================================
::
Anon-To: ***@example.org

##
Subject: Re: Twofish
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Message text
=============================================================

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=============================================================
::
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::
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Version: 2.6.3i

owE1jMsNwjAUBH3gZMk9PClnUoBPUANpwElW2OBPZD8H0gd1UCP2gduuNDNfI
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-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
=============================================================

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Post by JGibson
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Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I'm giving up all my google groups. I waste too much time on them as it is. I'm not going to pay for an alternative.

[xyzzy]

Post by JE Corbett

Post by JGibson
*BEGIN QUOTE*
Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
historical data will still be supported as it is done today

I'm giving up all my google groups. I waste too much time on them as it
is. I'm not going to pay for an alternative.

I’ve been using NewsTap Lite and free Eternal September account for years
now