From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:10:38 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-05 00:40, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   >>   
   >> usenet is not a transient chat, it is a persistent knowledge share;   
   >> there are essentially infinite readers over an essentially infinite   
   >> spacetime.   
   >   
   > The Usenet servers I used in the past had some expiry period, so old   
   > articles couldn't be retrieved any more. Until some time ago Google   
   > filled that gap and archived Usenet posts,   
      
   DejaNews did it first. Then Google bought out DejaNews in order to   
   populate their Google Groups news history.   
      
      
   > but Google seems to have   
   > changed that policy not long ago.   
      
   While I regret that Google no longer archives new posts (their old   
   post archive still exists), I rejoice in that Google no longer   
   supports posting to usenet through Groups. I noticed a very great   
   reduction in spam/troll usenet messages when Google dropped out   
   of the picture.   
      
   > Are there (preferably free) servers   
   > that still maintain Usenet articles indefinitely?   
   >   
   > Janis   
      
      
      
      
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