Re: Gemini Usenet Newsgroup

This email list is fine. We don't need a usenet list. That will only
serve to fracture the community further. It is hard enough for me to use
email the ways that these lists want. Adding a whole new protocol that I
have no idea how to use is enough overhead that it will cause me to lose
interest in this project at all.

Do what you want, but be aware that fracturing the community is only
ever a bad thing.

On Wed Oct 27, 2021 at 5:35 PM UTC, Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote:
> 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.

Christine Dodrill
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