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  • Re: Free Newsreaders?

    From Bud Frede@21:1/5 to hugybear@gmx.net on Tue Feb 4 14:40:23 2025
    Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> writes:

    On 25.01.25 02:58, Bud Frede wrote:
    For newservers, eternal september is good and has been mentioned by
    others already. Another good option is news.individual.net. It's not
    free, but it's not very expensive, and it's quite reliable.

    +1
    I can also recommend Solani.org which is another free German server and
    is as reliable as indvidual.net which I use for the German speaking groups.

    https://solani.org

    I used to use NIN back when it was something else (was it cis.dfn.de?)
    When they re-organized and became NIN, I subscribed for a couple of
    years and then my needs changed a bit. I like having long retention now
    so I can explore old articles in a wide variety of newsgroups. It's
    worth it (to me) to subscribe to one of the larger NSPs like supernews, giganews, or usenetserver.

    If that changes, I'm sure I'll go back to news.individual.net again.

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  • From Matt@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 23 11:01:55 2025
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're
    no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIEcuIElzYWFr?=@21:1/5 to Matt on Thu Jan 23 06:21:32 2025
    On 2025-01-23 04:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    I use Eternal September as an nntp server

    <https://www.eternal-september.org>

    in conjunction with Thunderbird as a news reader

    <https://www.thunderbird.net>

    Both are free.

    André

    --
    To email remove 'invalid' & replace 'gm' with well known Google mail
    service.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Matt on Thu Jan 23 17:52:18 2025
    On 23.01.25 12:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    https://www.thunderbird.net/

    --
    "Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 23 14:56:30 2025
    On 2025-01-23 05:21, André G. Isaak wrote:
    On 2025-01-23 04:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because
    they're
    no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary
    groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like
    this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    I use Eternal September as an nntp server

    <https://www.eternal-september.org>

    in conjunction with Thunderbird as a news reader

    <https://www.thunderbird.net>

    Both are free.

    André


    Same.

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  • From Matt@21:1/5 to agisaak@gm.invalid on Thu Jan 23 23:38:47 2025
    On 23 Jan 2025 at 14:21:32 GMT+1, "André G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-01-23 04:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're >> no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary
    groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this? >>
    Thank you!
    Matt

    I use Eternal September as an nntp server

    <https://www.eternal-september.org>

    in conjunction with Thunderbird as a news reader

    <https://www.thunderbird.net>

    Both are free.

    André

    THANKS!

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  • From Matt@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Jan 23 23:39:23 2025
    On 23 Jan 2025 at 23:56:30 GMT+1, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2025-01-23 05:21, André G. Isaak wrote:
    On 2025-01-23 04:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because
    they're
    no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary >>> groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like
    this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    I use Eternal September as an nntp server

    <https://www.eternal-september.org>

    in conjunction with Thunderbird as a news reader

    <https://www.thunderbird.net>

    Both are free.

    André


    Same.

    Thanks >Alan!

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  • From Matt@21:1/5 to hugybear@gmx.net on Thu Jan 23 23:40:17 2025
    On 23 Jan 2025 at 17:52:18 GMT+1, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 23.01.25 12:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're >> no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary
    groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this? >>
    Thank you!
    Matt

    https://www.thunderbird.net/

    Thanks Jörg Lorenz!

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  • From Rene Kint@21:1/5 to Matt on Fri Jan 24 19:30:12 2025
    Hi,

    I also use eternal-september, but with MT-Newswatcher as reader (om
    MacOS 9.2, iMac G3)

    Regards,
    René


    In article <LqAkP.13$KzY8.9@fx03.ams1>,
    Matt <matnomail@myemail.invalid> wrote:

    On 23 Jan 2025 at 23:56:30 GMT+1, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

    On 2025-01-23 05:21, André G. Isaak wrote:
    On 2025-01-23 04:01, Matt wrote:
    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because
    they're
    no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary >>> groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like
    this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    I use Eternal September as an nntp server

    <https://www.eternal-september.org>

    in conjunction with Thunderbird as a news reader

    <https://www.thunderbird.net>

    Both are free.

    André


    Same.

    Thanks >Alan!

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Matt on Fri Jan 24 15:47:05 2025
    On 2025-01-23 11:01:55 +0000, Matt said:

    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?

    Thank you!
    Matt

    If you're on OSX Unison is free and will work through Mojave:

    https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-unison/

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 25 12:56:12 2025
    On 2025-01-24 21:47:05 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2025-01-23 11:01:55 +0000, Matt said:

    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're >> no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary
    groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this? >>
    Thank you!
    Matt

    If you're on OSX Unison is free and will work through Mojave:

    https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-unison/

    Unison is good, but does have a few 'quirks'. It can randomly crash,
    although only occasionally. It also has a bad bug which can often
    mislabel the author of a post in the topic lists. Being long abandoned,
    the 'quirks' will never be fixed. <https://blog.panic.com/the-future-of-unison/>


    There is also Newslazer, although I've never tried it, so can't comment
    on how good or otherwise it is.
    <https://newslazer.com>

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  • From Bud Frede@21:1/5 to Matt on Fri Jan 24 20:58:51 2025
    Matt <matnomail@myemail.invalid> writes:

    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?


    I use Gnus on both macOS and Linux. It's a very powerful and flexible newsreader, but it does have a learning curve.

    For newservers, eternal september is good and has been mentioned by
    others already. Another good option is news.individual.net. It's not
    free, but it's not very expensive, and it's quite reliable.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Bud Frede on Sat Jan 25 07:43:12 2025
    On 25.01.25 02:58, Bud Frede wrote:
    For newservers, eternal september is good and has been mentioned by
    others already. Another good option is news.individual.net. It's not
    free, but it's not very expensive, and it's quite reliable.

    +1
    I can also recommend Solani.org which is another free German server and
    is as reliable as indvidual.net which I use for the German speaking groups.

    https://solani.org

    --
    "Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 25 07:11:20 2025
    Matt <matnomail@myemail.invalid> posted:

    Hello!
    I'm thinking about stopping paying for binary USENET servers because they're no longer useful to me.

    QUESTION: Is there a free news reader, even if it does not handle binary groups, that can be used to view and participate in text groups like this?

    If you’re interested in a browser based client you could try newsgrouper. It’s still under development but shows promise.

    <newsgrouper.org.uk>

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Bud Frede on Sat Feb 8 06:07:12 2025
    On 2025-02-04 19:40:23 +0000, Bud Frede said:

    J÷rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> writes:

    On 25.01.25 02:58, Bud Frede wrote:
    For newservers, eternal september is good and has been mentioned by
    others already. Another good option is news.individual.net. It's not
    free, but it's not very expensive, and it's quite reliable.

    +1
    I can also recommend Solani.org which is another free German server and
    is as reliable as indvidual.net which I use for the German speaking groups. >>
    https://solani.org

    I used to use NIN back when it was something else (was it cis.dfn.de?)
    When they re-organized and became NIN, I subscribed for a couple of
    years and then my needs changed a bit. I like having long retention now
    so I can explore old articles in a wide variety of newsgroups. It's
    worth it (to me) to subscribe to one of the larger NSPs like supernews, giganews, or usenetserver.

    If that changes, I'm sure I'll go back to news.individual.net again.

    I don't like NIN myself, they seem too anal retentive about their
    rules. I used them a couple of times in the past and got kicked off
    both times, I don't even remember why now.

    Solani is good though, just as long as you remember to log in at least
    once a month or they'll suspend your account and you have to register
    all over again.

    Something strange about eternal-september though, on my older system I
    use MT Newswatcher and when I launch it and then try to open a group
    that has a large number of posts it takes forever for the posts to come
    up. But when I switch servers to Solani, and then switch back to eternal-september the group with the large number of posts comes up
    promptly. Maybe there's some rational explanation for this but I don't
    know enough about Usenet servers to figure it out.

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