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I wish IA hosted Usenet archives. Even if they stopped at year 2000 and didn't update further.

• generationP 5y ago
  They host some: https://archive.org/details/usenet https://archive.org/details/usenet As far as my own old posts are concerned, it looks complete :) But it isn't easily findable or searchable; the intended way of interaction is apparently to download an entire hierarchy and grep.
  • akkartik 5y ago
    Oh good to know! That's adequate.
• cxr 5y ago
  Anything particular about Usenet that makes it attractive? Modern mailing lists (and even ones that are now dead but accessible) are a treasure trove of information, and I've often privately mulled over my concern that there doesn't seem to be a concerted effort to save them. Having tried to track down old copies of the Linux mailing lists, and having run into indicators of others' quests (and dead ends), I know how fragile the situation is. As I've recently come to understand, the Internet Archive itself used to have its own mailing lists for handling discussion, which interestingly enough seem to no longer be accessible—perhaps even lost.