From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com
Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> 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.... :)
>
If you’re referring to me I sold my plane this past summer and gave up
flying, at least for now. No specific reasons just felt like I’d done all I
wanted to do with it and wasn’t enjoying it enough any more to justify the
cost and effort.
Maybe after a few years away I’ll get the itch again and re-take it up.
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“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian,
liberal personality.” — Altie
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