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Andrew Luke Nesbit email at andrewnesbit.org
Wed Oct 27 18:35:42 BST 2021
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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.