I think the basic operation of https://newsgrouper.org/ is now fairly stable. So I want to ask if there is any significant functionality that people feel is missing.
Happy New 2026!
Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
I think the basic operation of https://newsgrouper.org/ is now fairly stable.
So I want to ask if there is any significant functionality that people feel >> is missing.
Would like to be able to set Follow-Up to:
Happy New 2026!
Thank you. For you too!
Regards, ULF
Got the error Error 451
while trying to obtain /.
Blocked due to UK Online Safety Act
You appear to be connecting from an IP address in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately this site is no longer available to UK users. This is due
to the requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act, which are not
practical for this site to comply with. If you feel this is unjustified,
I can only suggest that you write to your Member of Parliament. This
site remains in operation for non-UK users, as they are outside the
scope of the Act.
For more information see Ofcom's official site, and an unofficial guide.
Other web interfaces to Usenet are available, and may continue to allow
UK users, see Wikipedia.
On 04/01/2026 09:03, Ulf Kutzner wrote:
Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
I think the basic operation of https://newsgrouper.org/ is now fairly >>>stable. So I want to ask if there is any significant functionality
that people feel is missing.
Would like to be able to set Follow-Up to:
Happy New 2026!
Thank you. For you too!
Got the error Error 451
while trying to obtain /.
Blocked due to UK Online Safety Act
You appear to be connecting from an IP address in the United Kingdom. >Unfortunately this site is no longer available to UK users. This is due
to the requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act, which are not
practical for this site to comply with. If you feel this is unjustified,
I can only suggest that you write to your Member of Parliament.
This--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
site remains in operation for non-UK users, as they are outside the
scope of the Act.
For more information see Ofcom's official site, and an unofficial guide.
Other web interfaces to Usenet are available, and may continue to allow
UK users, see Wikipedia.
That's damn dangerous advice. The UK is a country, formerly a western democracy, entirely without the liberty of speech or publishing, and I'm
sure there is no right to petition the government. Are you trying to
make him the subject of a police enquiry or possibly arrested?
All one may do now is flee the country.
Another thought is to stop voting in governments determined to end
liberty for one and all and to repeal these horrid laws to reverse this decades-old trend.
UK citizens should be ashamed of their once great nation.
Blocked due to UK Online Safety Act
You appear to be connecting from an IP address in the United Kingdom. >Unfortunately this site is no longer available to UK users. This is due
to the requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act, which are not
practical for this site to comply with. If you feel this is unjustified,
I can only suggest that you write to your Member of Parliament.
That's damn dangerous advice. The UK is a country, formerly a western democracy, entirely without the liberty of speech or publishing, and I'm
sure there is no right to petition the government. Are you trying to
make him the subject of a police enquiry or possibly arrested?
All one may do now is flee the country.
Another thought is to stop voting in governments determined to end
liberty for one and all and to repeal these horrid laws to reverse this decades-old trend.
UK citizens should be ashamed of their once great nation.
The Online Safety Act is an unfortunate example of politicians wanting to
be seen to *do something* regardless of whether that something makes any >sense or not. One petition against it got half a million signatures, >including mine: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903 .
No doubt the police will be knocking on my door any minute now :-)
...
https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/722903
UK Petition Tracker
Petition: 722903
Description:
Repeal the Online Safety Act
This petition is: closed
Link to petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
This petition has 550,135 signatures (last checked on 2025-10-22 23:00:03) [end quoted excerpt]
UK citizens should be ashamed of their once great nation.
Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
I think the basic operation of https://newsgrouper.org/ is now fairly stable.
So I want to ask if there is any significant functionality that people feel is missing.
Would like to be able to set Follow-Up to:
Dear All,
I think the basic operation of https://newsgrouper.org/ is now fairly stable. So I want to ask if there is any significant functionality that people feel is missing. I can't guarantee to implement whatever might be requested but feedback from users would be useful in deciding what other features would be worth working on. (I am aware that the Help page needs some updating.)
Happy New 2026!
That's damn dangerous advice. The UK is a country, formerly a western democracy, entirely without the liberty of speech or publishing, and I'm
sure there is no right to petition the government. Are you trying to
make him the subject of a police enquiry or possibly arrested?
All one may do now is flee the country.
Another thought is to stop voting in governments determined to end
liberty for one and all and to repeal these horrid laws to reverse this decades-old trend.
UK citizens should be ashamed of their once great nation.
On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 17:08:48 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman wrote:
That's damn dangerous advice. The UK is a country, formerly a western >>democracy, entirely without the liberty of speech or publishing, and I'm >>sure there is no right to petition the government. Are you trying to
make him the subject of a police enquiry or possibly arrested?
All one may do now is flee the country.
Another thought is to stop voting in governments determined to end
liberty for one and all and to repeal these horrid laws to reverse this >>decades-old trend.
UK citizens should be ashamed of their once great nation.
Well, it could be worse; if they had a senile fascist like Trump in
charge for instance.
s|b <sb.nospam@belgacom.net> wrote:
Well, it could be worse; if they had a senile fascist like Trump in
charge for instance.
He isn't in charge of my speech. Neither was Biden, nor was Obama. This should mean something to the Brits; I'm sorry it does not. Vast numbers
of people have been investigateed and sometimes arrested for the seemingly innocuous things they've said and written that threaten no one. Who is
living in a fascist state?
Colin's complaint is that he cannot offer this service here, and
somehow, your knee-jerk reaction is an ad hominem attack against Trump.
You may disapprove of Trump, but Trump is not the one who infringed upon Collin's liberty.
All I did was making a sarcastic remark which you apparently took
personal.
I think that says a lot about you and who/what you support.
I must admit I'm confused by your post, Adam.
Ulf Kutzner <user2991@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
Would like to be able to set Follow-Up to:
I've now made an update to enable this. Since many people will not need it and I want to keep the site usable on small screens, I'm not showing it by default. Instead I have added a [+] button at the end of the standard header fields - clicking this will show the Followup-To field.
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