From Newsgroup: uk.religion.christian

Is newsgrouper.org accessible in the UK? I seem to recall
that it might not be due to the UK Online Safety Act.

I ask since novabbs.com is not working, and from
alt.arts.poetry.comments the maintainer Retro Guy
may have died, so I hope to change the pointers
to alt.religion.druid that I have on my web site from
novabbs.com to newsgrouper.org , but I may look
for another alternative if newsgrouper.org is not
accessible from UK IP addresses.

On newssgrouper.org uk.religion.christian is accessible at http://newsgrouper.org/uk.religion.christian
(at least outside of the UK).
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https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "When you find what's worth keeping; With a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away" (Robbie Robertson quoting Dinah Maria Craik)




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From Newsgroup: uk.religion.christian

On Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:09:20 -0230, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

Is newsgrouper.org accessible in the UK? I seem to recall
that it might not be due to the UK Online Safety Act.

I ask since novabbs.com is not working, and from
alt.arts.poetry.comments the maintainer Retro Guy
may have died, so I hope to change the pointers
to alt.religion.druid that I have on my web site from
novabbs.com to newsgrouper.org , but I may look
for another alternative if newsgrouper.org is not
accessible from UK IP addresses.

On newssgrouper.org uk.religion.christian is accessible at >http://newsgrouper.org/uk.religion.christian
(at least outside of the UK).

Newsgrouper is not accessible in the UK. If you want to point people at a Usenet archive, then Narkive seems to be the one that is currently best maintained.

https://narkive.com

https://uk.religion.christian.narkive.com

https://alt.religion.druid.narkive.com

Mark



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From Newsgroup: uk.religion.christian

On 03/08/2025 13:33, Mark Goodge wrote:

Newsgrouper is not accessible in the UK. If you want to point people at a Usenet archive, then Narkive seems to be the one that is currently best maintained.

https://narkive.com

https://uk.religion.christian.narkive.com

I wasn't aware that usenet was still being archived, following the
retirement of Google groups, so thanks for the narchive link.

It's interesting that narchive accessible in the uk but not newsgrouper.

Are they just being (over) cautious due to the online safety act?



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From Newsgroup: uk.religion.christian

On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 18:04:55 +0100, John <megane.06@gmail.com> wrote:

On 03/08/2025 13:33, Mark Goodge wrote:

Newsgrouper is not accessible in the UK. If you want to point people at a
Usenet archive, then Narkive seems to be the one that is currently best
maintained.

https://narkive.com

https://uk.religion.christian.narkive.com

I wasn't aware that usenet was still being archived, following the >retirement of Google groups, so thanks for the narchive link.

It's interesting that narchive accessible in the uk but not newsgrouper.

Are they just being (over) cautious due to the online safety act?

Yes; the operator of Newsgrouper appears to have taken extremely (many would say excessively) cautious pre-emptive action rather than wait for more
detailed guidance from Ofcom.

Mark



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From Newsgroup: uk.religion.christian

On Aug 3, 2025, Mark Goodge wrote
(in article<cjlu8kpa1dmvsctj0n9tl0srq609p50s0a@4ax.com>):

https://alt.religion.druid.narkive.com

That does not appear to be up to date.
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https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "Don't get me wrong; If I'm acting so distracted; I'm thinking
about the fireworks; That go off when You smile" (The Pretenders)




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