From: GeoffMay817@gmail.com   
      
   On 30/09/2025 15:14, Mark wrote:   
   > Sir Tim  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The above Usenet service has announced that it will be discontinued as from   
   >> 30th September 2027. Current users can continue to use it until then   
   >> without further payment.   
   >>   
   >> In the event that I am still alive (I’m 87) and still compos mentis I   
   shall   
   >> have to look for a new server (if Usenet itself continues to exist).   
   >   
   > For many years, I've used "eternal september"* (eternal-september.org),   
   > and it's been very reliable.   
   >   
   > * It's an in-joke from back when the Internet was basic and pretty much   
   > reserved to the universities. The usenet groups were pretty civilised   
   > with a good signal-to-noise ration...except when you got a bunch of new   
   > users who didn't understand the etiquette. You really noticed September   
   > as a lot of new students would flood onto Usenet and be annoying for a   
   > while. In 1993, someone observed that with AOL and the much wider access   
   > to the Internet (a good thing), there was now a constant stream of new   
   > users which mean it was like we were living through a never-ending bunch   
   > of newbies and, hence, an eternal September.   
   >   
   > Of course, Usenet was one of the big games in town (along with things   
   > like archie and online forums and MUDs) as the web was just bursting   
   > onto the scene (and very basic) and ecommerce wasn't a thing. Now, I'm   
   > astounded Usenet still clings on.   
      
   I used to be on aioe.org and moved to eternal-septemper - it was a   
   painless move.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Geoff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)