Parker51

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   by Parker51 3y ago

   Check out Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC ("Panix"). They run their own news server, know about moderated newsgroups, host several newsgroup moderation teams, and have reasonable rates ($100/year) for NNTP Usenet access
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   "As for clients, on mobile there's nothing available for android last I've checked." There's PhoNews, but it wasn't very good the last time I tried the free version. It ran slowly, or sometimes not at all, try
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   One significant obstacle to a widespread return to Usenet is that the Internet has grown up, and has to behave more like the larger world around it. It's no longer a genteel, academic environment mostly shielded from harm from, and ha
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   It will take more than a weekend. This reminds me of that old joke about X-Windows: "X Protocol is extensible!" "So is a bucket of molten pig-iron." There is definitely a lot of "intentionality" required to ac
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   It's worse than that. They won't even take action against harassment of moderators, including their users that repeatedly submit obviously rejectable articles to moderated newsgroups, then reply with verbal abuse and profanity wh
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   https://www.qrz.com/
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   by Parker51 3y ago

   Sample .newsrc file for recommended newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop: alt.culture.usenet: alt.fan.usenet: alt.folklore.computers: alt.obituaries: alt.os.linux.slackware: alt.privacy: alt.tv.simpsons: ba.broadcast: com