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newsgrouper.org - works great in tor browser

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using a dedicated newsreader (e.g., 40tude, t-bird) with public nntp news servers   
(blueworld, csiph, paganini, netfront, neodome, newsdeef, mixmin, etc.) is always
preferred for read-only access, but newsgrouper.org opens directly in tor browser,   
it really works great, better than any web-based interface with usenet newsgroups 
that i've ever used (since dejanews, and the early days of googlegroups before it
started going haywire ever since their "beta" operation commenced circa 29nov2004,  
after which g-groups only became increasingly unpredictable and de facto unusable, 
except for googlespam, which reminded the usenet world that the usenet troll farm  
has always utilized every available newsserver on earth to enforce the status quo,   
but finally this article <7e2a356c-8313-45c1-a12c-44bd4f0ba39cn@googlegroups.com>
posted to news:microsoft.public.security.virus 22 feb 2024 15:08:15 +0, was their 
swan song; they're still using all the other nntp servers of course, yet it's not  
upwards of 2gb per day but back down to ~1.5gb per month, a trickle by comparison  
 
the "message id" search is very handy, and "top twenty" list includes a newsgroup
that i've been subscribed to since 1997 (as with any other busy newsgroup, it too  
has been under troll farm occupation for aeons, but some forums are still useful)
 
(using Tor Browser 14.5.5) 
https://newsgrouper.org/tops 
>Top twenty groups most read here  
>... 
>alt.privacy.anon-server	Issues surrounding programs that aid anonymity.	1%  
>https://newsgrouper.org/alt.privacy.anon-server 

hopefully, newsgrouper.org will continue to be available for everyone looking for  
convenient access to usenet (especially since novabbs/i2pn2 rocksolid was closed)
and the blueworld server has excellent article retention...going back two decades 
  

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