On 10/01/2016 10:12 AM, dmunz wrote:  
  > On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 4:30:36 PM UTC-6, Giallo_Vera wrote:  
  >> On 9/01/2016 4:04 PM, beth.richan@gmail.com wrote:  
  >>> This is crazy. How did any one survive a fandom in this kind of format?  
  The x files fandom is legendary.  
  >>>  
  >>  
  >> The internet has been all downhill since USENET. This is simplistic  
  >> perfection, and the dramatic lack of popularity over the last decade has  
  >> refined the numbers down to the truely dedicated and the criminally  
  >> insane. Using this through a web browser and google groups is definitely  
  >> uncomfortable and fiddly though, i recommend you get a proper newsgroup  
  >> program and server. Join us in the dusty annals of what was once the  
  >> dizzying future.  
  >  
  > So what are people using for USENET access these days?  I have to admit  
  that  
  I'm lazy and mostly lurking around groups that Google lets play.  There was  
  a  
  really good text only reader that I used with Eternal September for a long  
  time to read the  
  Supernatural group but I've lost track of that too,  
  >  
    
  Eternal September is a godsend since my ISP ditched its news server, i  
  use it with good ol' trusty Mozilla Thunderbird.  
    
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