From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   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....   
      
   --   
   The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it,   
   can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the   
   universe to do. -- Galileo   
      
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