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I know from now on!

On 2026-03-11, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2026-03-11, Daniel wrote:
>
>> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:
>>
>>> Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> wrote:
>>>> What about alt.gopher?
>>>
>>> What about it? Generally Big8 groups such as those in comp.* are
>>> preferred over the alt.* groups when they cover the same topic.
>>> But if if the discussion is so busy in here that you just can't
>>> keep up, nobody's going to stop you using that group instead. :)
>>
>> lol the sarcasm.
>
> I'm not sure I've ever heard about or visited alt.gopher before, I'm now
> looking at it via newsgrouper.org. Seems to have some relevant posts
> before 2000, and then a barrage of (Google Groups, most certainly) SPAM.
>
> So it's at least a group for Internet Gopher, judging by the less recent
> posts? Or was it created with something else in mind? I can't get a
> group description in newsgrouper.org or from eternal-september.
>
> Unless there are users following only the alt.* group, I'd suggest
> focusing on comp.infosystems.gopher. Sending a copy of this message to
> alt.gopher just in case.
>
> (There's also the gopher mailing list, for those who prefer e-mail,
> https://lists.debian.org/gopher-project/ )
>

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alt.gopher Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> - 2026-03-10 12:16 +0000
  Re: alt.gopher not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-11 07:27 +1000
    Re: alt.gopher Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-03-10 19:24 -0700
      Re: alt.gopher Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-11 09:54 +0000
        Re: alt.gopher Jean Negli <jean@negli.com> - 2026-03-18 20:09 +0000

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