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   xyzzy to unhyphenated American   
   Re: Do I get a newsreader or do I just g   
   16 Dec 23 22:41:30   
   
   From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
   Eternal September has been flaky lately. Been seeing a lot of out of   
   sequence post delivery where I see the replies before the original poast,   
   or never see the original poast. It was making rsfc unusable for me so I   
   stopped for a while. But checking in now it *seems* to have been resolved.   
   We’ll see   
      
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   liberal personality.” — Altie   
      
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