From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-14, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American  wrote:   
   > On 2023-12-14, JGibson  wrote:   
   >> Just saw this note that the top of rsfc:   
   >>   
   >> *BEGIN QUOTE*   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > I suspect that post volume will dictate that -- seems like the majority   
   > of users are from Google Groups.   
   >   
   > What do you use for email? A lot of the clients have Usenet, such as   
   > Thunderbird.   
   >   
   > I wonder if Eternal September will get overwhelmed and disappear, requiring   
   > one to pay for it. There are no good providers with sub-$5.00/month cost that   
   > I can find. I had a $3.00 Supernews for years, but that is gone.   
   >   
   > I suppose I could bring up a Usenet server and try to pull RSFC and   
   > a couple of other groups, but I haven't tried to find Usenet peers for   
   > more than a decade and don't even know if it is really possible....   
      
   If someone would give me an airplane ride I'd get a subscription and   
   pull RSFC and put up a Usenet server.... :)   
      
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