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From: Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Subject: Re: How do you access this newsgroup?
Date: 10 Jan 2022 20:32:25 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <zBe*2xYDy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
blu.256 <mavridisf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you use a paid Usenet account, a free account on a site like Eternal
> September, or an open service such as Aioe? What newsgroup reader do you
> use?
I use Aioe with the news reader that comes with Trinity (KNode).
Unfortunately c.infosystems.gemini is pretty much the only active group I
monitor. Any good suggestions? ;-)
Welcome to Usenet :) I've been using Usenet since 1996, currently via the
'tin' client and private server. I have (checks) 508 groups in my .newsrc,
although many of those are quiet local groups, local mail to news gateways,
dead or full of trolls. Of those that have reasonable amounts of on-topic
traffic (although many groups have a village idiot or few), in no particular
order:
uk.d-i-y
comp.sys.raspberry-pi
comp.arch
comp.mobile.android
comp.risks
comp.arch.embedded
comp.arch.fpga
comp.compilers
comp.lang.c
uk.tech.broadcast
uk.telecom.*
uk.railway
alt.folklore.computers
uk.legal.moderated
uk.comp.homebuilt
uk.rec.motorcycles
uk.comp.sys.mac
comp.misc
sci.misc
comp.lang.forth
comp.infosystems.gemini
and a longer tail of groups where there's good SNR but lower traffic (eg one
post a week).
Learning how to use your newsreader's killfile facility is key, since most
Usenet groups don't have pre-moderation. That's why Google Groups is such a
poor interface, because you can't filter any posters.
Theo
(who saw this new group and subscribed out of curiosity)
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