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by: Fordiesel69 - Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:54 UTC

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by: Idlehands - Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:16 UTC

On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin preparing? What is the best client and platform?

I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the owner
has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from Google Groups.

https://www.eternal-september.org/

He is also working on a web interface as well.

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George Bernard Shaw

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by: Tony - Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:26 UTC

Idlehands wrote:
> On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
>> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin preparing?
>> What is the best client and platform?
>
> I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.
>
> https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
>
> Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the owner
> has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from Google Groups.
>
> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>
> He is also working on a web interface as well.
>
>
I prefer Seamonkey to Thunderturd.

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by: Idlehands - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 06:37 UTC

On 2024-01-26 2:26 p.m., Tony wrote:
> Idlehands wrote:
>> On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
>>> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin preparing?
>>> What is the best client and platform?
>>
>> I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.
>>
>> https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
>>
>> Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the
>> owner has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from Google
>> Groups.
>>
>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>>
>> He is also working on a web interface as well.
>>
>>
> I prefer Seamonkey to Thunderturd.

Each to their own, not sure why people have to slag what others are
happy with.

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George Bernard Shaw

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by: Kerry Imming - Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:27 UTC

On 1/21/2024 7:54 AM, Fordiesel69 wrote:
> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin preparing? What is the best client and platform?

I haven't reviewed this lately, but information on setting up
Thunderbird is here:

https://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Rec.games.pinball_Access_Methods

- Kerry

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by: BobLangelius - Wed, 7 Feb 2024 13:44 UTC

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by: Idlehands - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 00:34 UTC

On 2024-02-07 6:44 a.m., BobLangelius wrote:
> Idlehands wrote:
>> On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
>>> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin preparing?
>>> What is the best client and platform?
>>
>> I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.
>>
>> https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
>>
>> Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the
>> owner has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from Google
>> Groups.
>>
>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>>
>> He is also working on a web interface as well.
>>
>>
> I took the time to setup Seamonkey and eternal-September and i don't see
> much of the spam anymore. It's a PIA, but it's worth the time.

Nice, glad it's working for you, Google was never my go to in the first
place so I won't miss it or the spam that it brought.

--
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

George Bernard Shaw

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by: BobLangelius - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:22 UTC

Idlehands wrote:
> On 2024-02-07 6:44 a.m., BobLangelius wrote:
>> Idlehands wrote:
>>> On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
>>>> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin
>>>> preparing? What is the best client and platform?
>>>
>>> I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.
>>>
>>> https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
>>>
>>> Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the
>>> owner has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from Google
>>> Groups.
>>>
>>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>>>
>>> He is also working on a web interface as well.
>>>
>>>
>> I took the time to setup Seamonkey and eternal-September and i don't
>> see much of the spam anymore. It's a PIA, but it's worth the time.
>
> Nice, glad it's working for you, Google was never my go to in the first
> place so I won't miss it or the spam that it brought.
>
>
Agreed. Holy SH## I can have a dialog on RGP again. LOL

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by: John Robertson - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 18:36 UTC

On 2024/02/08 5:22 a.m., BobLangelius wrote:
> Idlehands wrote:
>> On 2024-02-07 6:44 a.m., BobLangelius wrote:
>>> Idlehands wrote:
>>>> On 2024-01-21 6:54 a.m., Fordiesel69 wrote:
>>>>> With google pulling out in feb 22, 2024 how should i begin
>>>>> preparing? What is the best client and platform?
>>>>
>>>> I am a big fan of Thunderbird for my newsreader, have been for years.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
>>>>
>>>> Eternal-September is my goto for a news server, it's free and the
>>>> owner has done a lot of work to filter out the spam flood from
>>>> Google Groups.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>>>>
>>>> He is also working on a web interface as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I took the time to setup Seamonkey and eternal-September (E-S) and i don't
>>> see much of the spam anymore. It's a PIA, but it's worth the time.
>>
>> Nice, glad it's working for you, Google was never my go to in the
>> first place so I won't miss it or the spam that it brought.
>>
>>
> Agreed. Holy SH## I can have a dialog on RGP again. LOL
I'm using E-T and see NO spam at all!
Yay!
John :-#)#
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"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

Subject	Author
New usenet viewer help	Fordiesel69
Re: New usenet viewer help	Idlehands
Re: New usenet viewer help	Tony
Re: New usenet viewer help	Idlehands
Re: New usenet viewer help	BobLangelius
Re: New usenet viewer help	Idlehands
Re: New usenet viewer help	BobLangelius
Re: New usenet viewer help	John Robertson
Re: New usenet viewer help	Kerry Imming