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  • Re: So long and thanks for all the fish...

    From Justisaur@21:1/5 to David Chmelik on Sun Dec 17 05:07:36 2023
    On 12/16/2023 11:42 PM, David Chmelik wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 18:33:44 -0800 (PST), iron...@gmail.com wrote:
    Google is going to stop supporting Usenet in Feb, 2024. No one other
    than spammers has really been using this group in years. Though at least
    one of the Gamma World groups I'm on is still somewhat active. The
    Internet Archive does plan on saving the Usenet postings in a static
    database. But active posting is coming to an end.

    I'm still here and check in occasionally too Usenet isn't coming to an
    end, just Google's support of it, which was more convenient for me. I'm interested in Gamma World as well, if there's a Usenet group for it,
    point me to it! :)

    I'm on a fairly active email group for it, but it's a bit too active for
    me to keep up with, and more inconvenient, and I just have lurked there.

    rec.games.frp.misc at least has occasional posts so you might check that newsgroup out, I've seen people posting some D&D related stuff there too.

    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action is about as active as I like, and has
    opened up to allow any PC games, and even some talk of mobile and
    console games. That group is the main reason I bother with Usenet
    anymore.


    Who even cares about Google? Just get an account on Eternal-September.org
    or one of the other many free (or commercial) Usenet news servers you can find in alt.free.newsservers , alt.usenet.news-server-comparison , free.usenet , etc.

    I switched back to Thunderbird and eternal-september a couple days ago.
    I'd forgotten that it's much easier to keep up with multiple groups as I
    can see when there's new messages in any of them instead of checking
    each individually as I had to do with GG. Also I don't have to worry
    about the spam so much as eternal-september is working hard to
    pre-filter it. Lastly I don't have to worry about formatting messages
    as Thunderbird handles that fine.

    IIRC Forte' Agent is better than Thunderbird, but Thunderbird is free.
    I might shell out for Agent eventually again if I find Thunderbird too
    buggy.

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    -Justisaur

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  • From gbbgu@21:1/5 to David Chmelik on Thu Jan 11 00:38:31 2024
    On 17 Dec 2023, David Chmelik wrote:

    On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 18:33:44 -0800 (PST), iron...@gmail.com wrote:
    Google is going to stop supporting Usenet in Feb, 2024. No one other
    than spammers has really been using this group in years. Though at least
    one of the Gamma World groups I'm on is still somewhat active. The
    Internet Archive does plan on saving the Usenet postings in a static
    database. But active posting is coming to an end.

    Who even cares about Google? Just get an account on Eternal-September.org
    or one of the other many free (or commercial) Usenet news servers you can find in alt.free.newsservers , alt.usenet.news-server-comparison , free.usenet , etc.

    Maybe after google leaves the spam might stop, as the incentive to post it dramatically reduces. It might be a good thing.

    "Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups (at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe to Usenet groups, or view new Usenet content. You can continue to view and search for historical Usenet content posted before February 22, 2024 on Google Groups."

    I wonder if this is going to start the ultimate "last post" competition.

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    gbbgu

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