From: mt999999@ymail.com   
      
   On 7/14/2021 3:41 PM, Questor wrote:   
   > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:21:47 -0400, Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >> On 7/13/2021 3:28 PM, Questor wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:02:55 -0800 (PST), Bob   wrote:   
   >>>> Almost anything other than TCP-IP is dead, and the WWW will continue to   
   dominate   
   >>>> that.  How many of you are still reading this via NNTP?   
   >>> I still read newsgroups via NNTP and a "real" (albeit very dated)   
   newsreader.   
   >>   
   >> How else does one read/post on Usenet?  I'm using an older version of   
   >> Thunderbird, but is there another method?   
   >>   
   >> I've heard of "google groups" but I have no clue what that is.  Sounds   
   >> pointless, it's easy enough to just use a newsreader.   
   >   
   > Goo-goo groups is by far the dominant web-based interface to newsgroups.    
   There   
   > have been others.  This ISP offers newsgroups as part of their package.  I   
   don't   
   > know how users of "over the top" services like Eternal September gain access;   
   > specifically whether they use NNTP or some other mechanism.   
   >   
      
      
   I use Eternal September via normal NNTP.  I haven't found an ISP that   
   provides Usenet for some time.   
      
   I wasn't aware that there was a web based access for Usenet.  It sounds   
   lame.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)