On 10/01/2016 10:12 AM, dmunz wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 4:30:36 PM UTC-6, Giallo_Vera wrote:
>> On 9/01/2016 4:04 PM, beth.richan@gmail.com wrote:
>>> This is crazy. How did any one survive a fandom in this kind of format?
The x files fandom is legendary.
>>>
>>
>> The internet has been all downhill since USENET. This is simplistic
>> perfection, and the dramatic lack of popularity over the last decade has
>> refined the numbers down to the truely dedicated and the criminally
>> insane. Using this through a web browser and google groups is definitely
>> uncomfortable and fiddly though, i recommend you get a proper newsgroup
>> program and server. Join us in the dusty annals of what was once the
>> dizzying future.
>
> So what are people using for USENET access these days?  I have to admit that
I'm lazy and mostly lurking around groups that Google lets play.  There was a
really good text only reader that I used with Eternal September for a long
time to read the 
Supernatural group but I've lost track of that too,
>

Eternal September is a godsend since my ISP ditched its news server, i
use it with good ol' trusty Mozilla Thunderbird.

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