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    From John H. Reinhardt@johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org to comp.os.vms on Tue Sep 30 06:15:12 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.vms


    I got this overnight (in German, also):


    Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET,

    We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30 September 2027 (that is two years from now).

    Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

    Effective immediately, we will no longer accept new registrations for the service News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET.

    Existing users may continue to use the service until its termination, regardless of their current subscription period. Please do not make any further payments from now on.

    We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your rCo often many years of rCo use of this classic internet service via our server.

    Sincerely
    The News Team of Freie Universit|nt Berlin
    (Bettina Fink, Vera Heinau, Heiko Schlichting)
    --
    John H. Reinhardt
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Roy Omond@roy@omond.net to comp.os.vms on Tue Sep 30 13:13:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.vms

    On 9/30/25 12:15, John H. Reinhardt wrote:

    I got this overnight (in German, also):


    Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET,

    We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
    September 2027 (that is two years from now).

    Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

    Effective immediately, we will no longer accept new registrations for
    the service News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET.

    Existing users may continue to use the service until its termination,
    regardless of their current subscription period. Please do not make
    any further payments from now on.

    We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your rCo often many years
    of rCo use of this classic internet service via our server.

    Sincerely
    The News Team of Freie Universit|nt Berlin
    (Bettina Fink, Vera Heinau, Heiko Schlichting)


    I got this too :-(

    That's really disappointing. Their service was, and still is, truly excellent.

    Bummer.

    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Chris Townley@news@cct-net.co.uk to comp.os.vms on Tue Sep 30 13:32:26 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.vms

    On 30/09/2025 13:13, Roy Omond wrote:
    On 9/30/25 12:15, John H. Reinhardt wrote:

    I got this overnight (in German, also):


    Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET,

    We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
    September 2027 (that is two years from now).

    Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

    Effective immediately, we will no longer accept new registrations for
    the service News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET.

    Existing users may continue to use the service until its termination,
    regardless of their current subscription period. Please do not make
    any further payments from now on.

    We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your rCo often many years
    of rCo use of this classic internet service via our server.

    Sincerely
    The News Team of Freie Universit|nt Berlin
    (Bettina Fink, Vera Heinau, Heiko Schlichting)


    I got this too :-(

    That's really disappointing.-a Their service was, and still is, truly excellent.

    Bummer.

    Eternal September still works well, and is free!
    --
    Chris
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From bill@bill.gunshannon@gmail.com to comp.os.vms on Tue Sep 30 12:44:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.vms

    On 9/30/2025 8:32 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
    On 30/09/2025 13:13, Roy Omond wrote:
    On 9/30/25 12:15, John H. Reinhardt wrote:

    I got this overnight (in German, also):


    Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET, >>>>
    We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
    September 2027 (that is two years from now).

    Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

    Effective immediately, we will no longer accept new registrations
    for the service News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET.

    Existing users may continue to use the service until its
    termination, regardless of their current subscription period. Please
    do not make any further payments from now on.

    We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your rCo often many years >>>> of rCo use of this classic internet service via our server.

    Sincerely
    The News Team of Freie Universit|nt Berlin
    (Bettina Fink, Vera Heinau, Heiko Schlichting)


    I got this too :-(

    That's really disappointing.-a Their service was, and still is, truly
    excellent.

    Bummer.

    Eternal September still works well, and is free!

    I have been with them since before it became a business and was
    just the University News Server. Will definitely miss it.
    Have to look for some alternative.

    bill

    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Simon Clubley@clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP to comp.os.vms on Wed Oct 1 12:32:32 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.vms

    On 2025-09-30, bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 9/30/2025 8:32 AM, Chris Townley wrote:

    Eternal September still works well, and is free!

    I have been with them since before it became a business and was
    just the University News Server. Will definitely miss it.
    Have to look for some alternative.


    The website for Eternal September is: https://www.eternal-september.org/

    Works well for me.

    Simon.
    --
    Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
    Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2