From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   I just got this notification in my browser window:   
      
   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.   
      
   Now, to be clear, "Google Groups" is only *one* way of accessing alt.dreams   
   (or alt.anything, for that matter) as it is, fundamentally, a USENET function   
   of the *backbone* of the Internet.  As to what the notice means by "will no   
   longer support new    
   Usenet content" is slightly ambiguous, but the *worst case scenario* is that   
   it *may* preclude posting in alt.dreams (or alt.anything) as has been done in   
   the past.   
      
   Even my old "Outlook Express" email program back on my Windows XP system has   
   USENET functionality to it.  I will start looking into that and see if I can   
   *recall* how to fish out *free* USENET access.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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