From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:09:38 -0000 (UTC), novanon wrote:   
      
   > Am Mon, 6 Oct 2025 18:42:00 -0000 (UTC) schrieb MasterKarsten:   
   >   
   >> I think we should write some kind of FAQ/guide on how to join so that   
   >> can be posted overtime.   
   >>   
   >> I think it should have some stuff like   
   >>   
   >> 1) what are newsgroups 2) why to use them 3) Free news Servers and how   
   >> to join (eternal september)   
   >> 4) free software to join discussion (i.e. for Windows Pan, fortè agent   
   >> ecc making a list for most OSes)   
   >>   
   >> what else? Any suggestions are welcome, as well mockups.   
   >   
   > Has anyone setup Thunderbird here? There's been consistent demand for an   
   > explanation on how to setup Thunerbird with it.   
      
   For reading Usenet? I'm using 128.12.0 on Ubuntu.   
      
   File/New/News Group Account...   and fill in the boxes. It was an earlier   
   version but I ran into some weird message formatting problems on Ubuntu   
   and switched to Pan. I haven't used it recently but I don't remember the   
   porblems occurring on Windows 11.   
      
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