Re: Gemini Usenet Newsgroup

Hello!

I'm interested in Gemini and discussed it on IRC when it was in its much 
earlier stages.  I have few things to do before setting it up for myself 
(hardware issues).

On 26/10/2021 18:51, Kévin wrote:
> It seems to have propagated out to individual.net, I'm on a couple of
> other servers but it's not got that far.  I'm yet to check if free.fr
> (proxad.net) has picked it up

I've been asking around and collecting recommendations for Usenet servers, 
but I've still got a long way to go for my project[1], which I think fits 
the spirit of Gemini.  Can anybody who is able please send me their 
recommendations for good Usenet services?

I'm interested in discussion groups, source code groups, and the like. 
(Basically everything except binary groups.)

DejaNews was a good service and Google Groups is OK.  It's unfortunate 
they don't have an NNTP interface.  On the other hand it's fantastic when 
I want to find a thread I remember from a long time ago.

Kind regards,

Andrew

[1] My project is that I'm assembling an archive of Usenet to host it 
publicly as a free (libre friendly) service.  In particular I'm missing a 
few years in the 1990's, which ironically just so happen to be the years I 
was most active.  Usenet is a treasure trove for history and education.  
For example, reading comp.lang.c while I was an undergraduate student was 
critical in my understanding of the finer points of the language.

Although it's extremely unlikely that anybody has a Usenet service back 
that far, I nevertheless want to do some quality control on my archives 
and keep up to date with new Usenet activity.

Coincidentally I'm also looking for a (professional) email service 
provider as mine shutting down at the end of this year, which is 
unfortunate because they have been perfect.  I've seen lists of trusted 
providers in the past but I haven't been able to find them.  If anybody 
has recommendations then please let me know.  A service that uses Cyrus 
would be particularly good.

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