From: Roddy.McCorley@verizon.net   
      
   On 12/14/2023 9:16 PM, JGibson wrote:   
   > On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:40:02 PM UTC-5, 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....   
   >   
   > Outside of my work e-mail, I use gmail.   
   >   
      
   I use Thunderbird for all my mail. Pretty flexible.   
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