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Alternative to Google Groups

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From: mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de (Marco Moock)
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Subject: Alternative to Google Groups
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:26:58 +0100
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by: Marco Moock - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:26 UTC

This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
newsgroup using Google Groups.

Google will discontinue Groups in 2024.

For those who do not know Usenet:

Usenet is a distributed communication system consisting of many servers.
Google Groups is only one of them that closes down - other servers will
stay available, but people need to use another server to read and post
here.

You need to use an NNTP server with a so called newsreader.

As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register:
https://www.eternal-september.org/
https://solani.org/
https://www.i2pn2.org/

For using it, you need a newsreader.

Some examples are:
https://www.thunderbird.net
https://www.betterbird.eu/
https://claws-mail.org/
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

You then need to configure a newsgroup account, sometimes also
called NNTP.

For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
settings.

For Thunderbird, a tutorial is available here:
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Usenet

For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
the group news.software.readers.

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From: hobdens@btinternet.com (Bob Hobden)
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Subject: Re: Alternative to Google Groups
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by: Bob Hobden - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:59 UTC

On 13/02/2024 08:26, Marco Moock wrote:
> This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
> newsgroup using Google Groups.
>
> Google will discontinue Groups in 2024.
>
> For those who do not know Usenet:
>
> Usenet is a distributed communication system consisting of many servers.
> Google Groups is only one of them that closes down - other servers will
> stay available, but people need to use another server to read and post
> here.
>
> You need to use an NNTP server with a so called newsreader.
>
> As an NNTP server, some free services exist where you have to register:
> https://www.eternal-september.org/
> https://solani.org/
> https://www.i2pn2.org/
>
> For using it, you need a newsreader.
>
> Some examples are:
> https://www.thunderbird.net
> https://www.betterbird.eu/
> https://claws-mail.org/
> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>
> You then need to configure a newsgroup account, sometimes also
> called NNTP.
>
> For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
> settings.
>
> For Thunderbird, a tutorial is available here:
> https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Usenet
>
> For questions about configuring those readers, feel free to ask in
> the group news.software.readers.
>
I might add that is using a Windows computer there is also an App
available in the Microsoft Store called NewsgroupsRT that works very
well IMO. Used to use it myself before I went over to Thunderbird for
mail and Ngs.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden

Surprise due today. Also the rent.

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Subject	Author
Alternative to Google Groups	Marco Moock
Re: Alternative to Google Groups	Bob Hobden