[GRLUG] Netnews reader - NOT LINUX

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In case anyone doesn't know, google groups does still mirror most of usenet.

They don't carry the warez or the pr0n groups, of course..

And I think its only available via their web UI, I doubt they offer NNTP access.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:01, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed, it's even harder to find a free
> one today.  I think one has to pay now
> for all practical purposes...
> I read netnews a lot 15 or so years ago.
> It's still a good source of focused threads.
>
>    -- Bob
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Anyone have a netnews reader they'd
>> > care to recommend?
>>
>> I used Thunderbird the last time I regularly used NNTP. I'd probably
>> go back to it. I never did get the hang of regular use of NNTP; it
>> wasn't always easy finding an intentionally free, open NNTP server I
>> could get in through. I did spend a huge amount of time on
>> comp.os.linux.misc in college via Google Groups, though.
>>
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