From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-15, 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.   
   >   
      
   Then you'd have to get a news reader. I don't know Usenet clients   
   outside of Linux. Thunderbird would work, of course. It looks like PAN   
   has a Windows client. Heaven only knows if Apple deigns to support   
   such things.   
      
   I'd give you a login to SSH in and use SLRN, if you wanted to do   
   what I do and use text-based. I assume you can still get Eternal   
   September accounts.   
      
   But I doubt the froup will survive, alas. Too big a blow. Now   
   we see the problem of having a sugar daddy. You become old and   
   unattractive like Usenet, and it's "Honey, there's the door."   
      
   --   
   Life may not be quite the party we hoped for, but while we   
   are here we might as well dance. -- Anonymous   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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