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  • Re: Google Groups shutting off usenet access

    From Keith F. Lynch@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 15 13:12:49 2023
    Jay E. Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
    Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups
    (at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe
    to Usenet groups, or view new Usenet content. You can continue to
    view and search for historical Usenet content posted before February
    22, 2024 on Google Groups.

    But, but, but, that would mean no more responses to alt.tv.simpsons
    posts made 30 years earlier.

    I was looking forward to multi-generation threads, in which person
    A posts, person B replies decades later, then person A's grandchild
    replies after a few more decades, then person B's great-grandchild
    responds after another half century.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Renee McNeely@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Dec 20 16:01:25 2023
    On 2023-12-14 09:12 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    Jay E. Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
    Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups
    (at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe
    to Usenet groups, or view new Usenet content. You can continue to
    view and search for historical Usenet content posted before February
    22, 2024 on Google Groups.

    But, but, but, that would mean no more responses to alt.tv.simpsons
    posts made 30 years earlier.

    I was looking forward to multi-generation threads, in which person
    A posts, person B replies decades later, then person A's grandchild
    replies after a few more decades, then person B's great-grandchild
    responds after another half century.

    Thankfully, there still exist other methods of accessing Usenet.
    Personally, I use and can vouch for eternal-september.org

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    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (3:633/280.2@fidonet)