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| From | Donald Lee <coach41@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.apple2 |
| Subject | Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access |
| Date | Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:27:16 -0800 |
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On 4/5/25 11:14 AM, Hugh Hood wrote: > After being with Earthlink for 27 years, I was notified that they > finally discontinued their free access to the usenet newsgroups as part > of their subscription fee. > > So, based on the suggestions I saw here, I signed up for a free text- > only account on eternal-september.org. (Although they do accept > donations). > > So, if anyone here is in the same position as was I, it's something to > consider trying. > > I have been disappointed by the lack of messages here lately from our > wonderful collection of Apple II stalwards, but even on the 'cool kids' > Apple II sites these days (and the myriad of sub-sites / groups) there > are a lot of things that don't really appeal to me. YMMV, of course. > > comp.sys.apple2 -- May the King live long. :-) > > > > > Hugh Hood I'm in similar boat. I was using Google Groups to access mainly one group (alt GS Warriors - NBA group). When Google killed Usenet access, I signed up for Eternal September. It's been working fine. BUT I'm not on my personal laptop as much as I used to be. I'm usually on my work laptop and phone so my Usenet posting has been sproadic. Similar to you, I dropped into the NBA group and there's still a few people around. comp.sys.apple2 seems a little dead though. Lots of people have migrated to a FB Apple II group from what I see DL
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Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2025-04-05 13:14 -0500
Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access Donald Lee <coach41@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 01:27 -0800
Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2026-01-25 10:40 +0000
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Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-09 05:31 +0000
Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2026-01-25 12:57 -0600
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