From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

Hello,

What about alt.gopher?

Thank you.
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> wrote:

What about alt.gopher?

What about it? Generally Big8 groups such as those in comp.* are
preferred over the alt.* groups when they cover the same topic.
But if if the discussion is so busy in here that you just can't
keep up, nobody's going to stop you using that group instead. :)
--
__ __
#_ < |\| |< _#
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> wrote:

What about alt.gopher?

What about it? Generally Big8 groups such as those in comp.* are
preferred over the alt.* groups when they cover the same topic.
But if if the discussion is so busy in here that you just can't
keep up, nobody's going to stop you using that group instead. :)

lol the sarcasm.
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

On 2026-03-11, Daniel wrote:

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> wrote:

What about alt.gopher?

What about it? Generally Big8 groups such as those in comp.* are
preferred over the alt.* groups when they cover the same topic.
But if if the discussion is so busy in here that you just can't
keep up, nobody's going to stop you using that group instead. :)

lol the sarcasm.

I'm not sure I've ever heard about or visited alt.gopher before, I'm now looking at it via newsgrouper.org. Seems to have some relevant posts
before 2000, and then a barrage of (Google Groups, most certainly) SPAM.

So it's at least a group for Internet Gopher, judging by the less recent
posts? Or was it created with something else in mind? I can't get a
group description in newsgrouper.org or from eternal-september.

Unless there are users following only the alt.* group, I'd suggest
focusing on comp.infosystems.gopher. Sending a copy of this message to alt.gopher just in case.

(There's also the gopher mailing list, for those who prefer e-mail, https://lists.debian.org/gopher-project/ )
--
Nuno Silva

(I may be just saying stuff everybody here knows, the point being in
case somebody who doesn't yet comes across this thread.)
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

I know from now on!

On 2026-03-11, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-03-11, Daniel wrote:

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> wrote:

What about alt.gopher?

What about it? Generally Big8 groups such as those in comp.* are
preferred over the alt.* groups when they cover the same topic.
But if if the discussion is so busy in here that you just can't
keep up, nobody's going to stop you using that group instead. :)

lol the sarcasm.

I'm not sure I've ever heard about or visited alt.gopher before, I'm now looking at it via newsgrouper.org. Seems to have some relevant posts
before 2000, and then a barrage of (Google Groups, most certainly) SPAM.

So it's at least a group for Internet Gopher, judging by the less recent posts? Or was it created with something else in mind? I can't get a
group description in newsgrouper.org or from eternal-september.

Unless there are users following only the alt.* group, I'd suggest
focusing on comp.infosystems.gopher. Sending a copy of this message to alt.gopher just in case.

(There's also the gopher mailing list, for those who prefer e-mail, https://lists.debian.org/gopher-project/ )

--- Synchronet 3.21e-Linux NewsLink 1.2