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From: f6k <f6k@huld.re>
Subject: Re: How do you access this newsgroup?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:10:25 +0100
Message-ID: <slrnt31lkh.mhj.f6k@xila.huld.re>
hello everyone,
first message in here; i'm happy i found a part of the gemini
community on usenet!
On 2022-01-08, Rob S <jsreed5@protonmail.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?
i'm using eternal-september since years now without any issues. i've
switched to it on the advice of a friend after my isp closed the access
to general usenet.
never heard of aioe.org before someone mentioned it in this thread. so
thanks for the link!
What newsgroup reader do you use?
i've been a happy user of tin(1) and gnus from emacs(1) for years.
now, since i'm mostly offline, i'm using slrnpull(1) to retrieve a
local copy of the posts from the groups i'm following when i have
access to internet. that way, i can read the messages and answer them
with slrn(1) without connection. the answers are stored locally,
waiting for the next sync when i can get back online. very handy.
If new or prospective Gemini users wanted to join the group, how would
you recommend they do it?
it's been said before but i guess i'll start to see if their isp
provide access to usenet or not. then go for eternal-september or
aioe. for the clients, pan and thunderbird are good guis; in cli, tin,
alpine or slrn are a good start (maybe tin and alpine are a little
easier?).
-f6k
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