From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:56:36 GMT, Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

I've updated the software behind https://newsgrouper.org/ to a new version >which I believe handles historical search much better. However to do this
I had to renumber all groups. This has the unfortunate side effect that
any groups you have previously read will now show all articles as new.
This will correct itself once you go into a group and then back to the home page.
On a group page, clicking Search now takes you to a flat (non-threaded) list >of posts. You can then filter this list by Subject, Author and/or Date range. >For some groups the available posts go back to the 1980s.

it really works great, better than any web-based interface with usenet newsgroups
that i've ever used (since dejanews, and the early days of googlegroups before it
started going haywire ever since their "beta" operation commenced circa 29nov2004,
after which g-groups only became increasingly unpredictable and de facto unusable,
except for googlespam, which reminded the usenet world that the usenet troll farm
has always utilized every available newsserver on earth to enforce the status quo,
but finally this article <7e2a356c-8313-45c1-a12c-44bd4f0ba39cn@googlegroups.com>
posted to news:microsoft.public.security.virus 22 feb 2024 15:08:15 +0, was their
swan song; they're still using all the other nntp servers of course, yet it's not
upwards of 2gb per day but back down to ~1.5gb per month, a trickle by comparison

the "message id" search is very handy, and "top twenty" list includes a newsgroup
that i've been subscribed to since 1997 (as with any other busy newsgroup, it too
has been under troll farm occupation for aeons, but some forums are still useful)

https://newsgrouper.org/tops

Top twenty groups most read here
...
alt.privacy.anon-server Issues surrounding programs that aid anonymity. 1%
https://newsgrouper.org/alt.privacy.anon-server

hopefully, newsgrouper.org will continue to be available for everyone looking for
convenient access to usenet (especially since novabbs/i2pn2 rocksolid was closed)
and the blueworld server has excellent article retention, going back two decades

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From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers

On 07/31/2025 11:54, D wrote:

I've updated the software behind https://newsgrouper.org/ to a new version which I believe handles historical search much better. However to do this
I had to renumber all groups. This has the unfortunate side effect that
any groups you have previously read will now show all articles as new.
This will correct itself once you go into a group and then back to the home page.
On a group page, clicking Search now takes you to a flat (non-threaded) list of posts. You can then filter this list by Subject, Author and/or Date range.
For some groups the available posts go back to the 1980s.

Firefox:
Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to newsgrouper.org. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.


Chrome:
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from newsgrouper.org
(for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about
this warning
net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
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From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers

On 31 Jul 2025, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> posted
some news:106g41t$3s8k7$1@dont-email.me:

On 07/31/2025 11:54, D wrote:

I've updated the software behind https://newsgrouper.org/ to a new
version which I believe handles historical search much better.
However to do this I had to renumber all groups. This has the
unfortunate side effect that any groups you have previously read will
now show all articles as new. This will correct itself once you go
into a group and then back to the home page. On a group page,
clicking Search now takes you to a flat (non-threaded) list of posts.
You can then filter this list by Subject, Author and/or Date range.
For some groups the available posts go back to the 1980s.

Firefox:
Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to newsgrouper.org. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

Chrome:
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from
newsgrouper.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).
Learn more about this warning
net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

Not one single error or warning, POS Chrome. Firefox is a POS too.

Newsgrouper ?? ?? ?? ??

A web interface to Usenet discussion groups (no binaries)

Find groups to read (64033 groups available)
Including this Text: Matching this Pattern:

In the Group Name In the Description
Find an article by message-id
Message-Id: (this has the form <random-stuff@some.site>)

Guide to the most active groups

It worked fine.

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