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Oh my god this is a lifesaver. Just last week I was using Google Groups to search for old Usenet posts about the Commodore 64 and the Mimic Spartan, and I was g

Oh my god this is a lifesaver. Just last week I was using Google Groups to search for old Usenet posts about the Commodore 64 and the Mimic Spartan, and I was getting "too many requests" errors 4 out of 5 times clicking a result. Happened on VPN+incognito, and in a separate browser. Just searched for what I was looking for in Rewind and immediately found the posts and even some I never saw in Google Groups results. So glad all of this is archived in multiple, non Google places

imprint5 23d ago
Not to be a party pooper but this is a paid service. I am sure there are reasons to pay but I bet their archive is the same as https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com which is free. A free web frontend can be found at https://newsgrouper.org https://newsgrouper.org
- cstadler1869 23d ago
  It has a free account has 25 full searches with advanced filtering etc.
- 1313ed01 23d ago
  Do those services have many more posts than what can be downloaded from archive.org and searched locally?
- zimpenfish 23d ago
  Alas, https://newsgrouper.org https://newsgrouper.org is not available from the UK (another casualty of the stupid OSA.)
- Animats 23d ago
  Expensive, too. $40/month.
- msephton 22d ago
  Newsgrouper is banned in UK for "safety concerns"
  - cmacleod4 22d ago
    Newsgrouper is my site. It's not literally "banned", but after spending quite a bit of time studying the Online Safety Act and Ofcom's guidance, I concluded that it was just not practical to comply with its far-reaching requirements, and since I am in the UK I can't risk ignoring UK law.
    - msephton 21d ago
      Ah, the word used on the site is "Blocked" not "banned". Apologies. A shame that you decided to not support your own country. Imagine how much you could have done whilst explaining this issue!
- cmacleod4 22d ago
  I run newsgrouper.org as a hobby project. My architecture cannot support searching within article text, only by author, subject and/or date within one group at a time (or the set of groups you have subscribed to). Usenet-Rewind does support full-text search.

imprint5 23d ago

Not to be a party pooper but this is a paid service. I am sure there are reasons to pay but I bet their archive is the same as https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com which is free. A free web frontend can be found at https://newsgrouper.org https://newsgrouper.org

cstadler1869 23d ago
It has a free account has 25 full searches with advanced filtering etc.
1313ed01 23d ago
Do those services have many more posts than what can be downloaded from archive.org and searched locally?
zimpenfish 23d ago
Alas, https://newsgrouper.org https://newsgrouper.org is not available from the UK (another casualty of the stupid OSA.)
Animats 23d ago
Expensive, too. $40/month.
msephton 22d ago
Newsgrouper is banned in UK for "safety concerns"
- cmacleod4 22d ago
  Newsgrouper is my site. It's not literally "banned", but after spending quite a bit of time studying the Online Safety Act and Ofcom's guidance, I concluded that it was just not practical to comply with its far-reaching requirements, and since I am in the UK I can't risk ignoring UK law.
  - msephton 21d ago
    Ah, the word used on the site is "Blocked" not "banned". Apologies. A shame that you decided to not support your own country. Imagine how much you could have done whilst explaining this issue!
cmacleod4 22d ago
I run newsgrouper.org as a hobby project. My architecture cannot support searching within article text, only by author, subject and/or date within one group at a time (or the set of groups you have subscribed to). Usenet-Rewind does support full-text search.