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Alternative to Google Groups

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From: mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de (Marco Moock)
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Subject: Alternative to Google Groups
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by: Marco Moock - Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:57 UTC

Hello!

This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
newsgroup using Google Groups.

Google will discontinue Groups in Feb 2024.

For those who do not know Usenet:

Usenet is a distributed communication system consisting of many servers.
Google Groups is only one of them that closes down - other servers will
stay available, but people need to use another server to read and post
here.

There are 2 alternatives:

Using a web-based Usenet interface:
Those behave similar to Google Groups, you can read there, but for
posting you need to register an account for free.

One of them is:
https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=alt.usage.english

Another alternative is to use an NNTP server with a so called
newsreader.

As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register:
https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/
https://news.nntp4.net/

For using it, you need a newsreader.

Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

You then need to configure a newsgroup account, sometimes also
called NNTP.

For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
settings.

For Thunderbird, a tutorial is available here:
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Usenet

For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
the group news.software.readers.

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From: gadekryds@lundhansen.dk (Bertel Lund Hansen)
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Subject: Re: Alternative to Google Groups
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by: Bertel Lund Hansen - Sun, 7 Jan 2024 21:01 UTC

Marco Moock wrote:

> For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
> the group news.software.readers.

Are you sure that there is enough participants in that group so one can
expect a qualified answer?

In the Danish language group we have agreed to a lax approach to what is
formaly off-topic messages because the flow in the different groups has
dwindled.

--
Bertel, Denmark

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From: mm+solani@dorfdsl.de (Marco Moock)
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Subject: Re: Alternative to Google Groups
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by: Marco Moock - Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:17 UTC

Am 07.01.2024 um 22:01:22 Uhr schrieb Bertel Lund Hansen:

> Marco Moock wrote:
>
> > For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
> > the group news.software.readers.
>
> Are you sure that there is enough participants in that group so one
> can expect a qualified answer?

Yes, just look inside the group, there is discussion.

The descent to Hades is the same from every place. -- Anaxagoras

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Subject	Author
Alternative to Google Groups	Marco Moock
Re: Alternative to Google Groups	Bertel Lund Hansen
Re: Alternative to Google Groups	Marco Moock