Re: usenet's usefulness

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	alt.privacy
Subject	Re: usenet's usefulness
Date	2026-05-10 18:50 +0000
Message-ID	<n6c2c8F5sg9U4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<20260505.174708.2222fb9e@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> <1778291612-13263@newsgrouper.org>

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On Sat, 09 May 2026 01:53:32 GMT, Keith wrote:

> not confident a large-scale revival will ever take place but i damn sure
> hope it does. i think the biggest impediment to that happening is the
> lack of a user-friendly and cross-platform client.

I've had issues with Thunderbird on Linux and switched to Pan but TBird 
isn't bad. However

https://individual.net/

"Discontinuation of the NetNews / Usenet service as of 30 September 2027
Access to the news server News.Individual.NET will not be possible beyond 
this date."

I've used Individual.net but they have declared the era of usenet is over.

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