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Re: How do you access this newsgroup?

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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>

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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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Re: How do you access this newsgroup? (by "blu.256" <mavridisf@gmail.com> on Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:51:28 +0200)

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How do you access this newsgroup? (by Rob S <jsreed5@protonmail.com> on Fri, 7 Jan 2022 21:23:00 -0600)