Re: Google Groups ending support for Usenet

On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:58:55 +0000, Alan Ralph
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The big blue alien tacks the following on the noticeboard:
>
>https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538?visit_id=638381921477344227-87081626&p=usenet&rd=1
>
> > Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups 
>(at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe to 
>Usenet groups, or view new Usenet content. You can continue to view and 
>search for historical Usenet content posted before February 22, 2024 on 
>Google Groups.
>
> > In addition, Google’s Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server 
>and associated peering will no longer be available, meaning Google will 
>not support serving new Usenet content or exchanging content with other 
>NNTP servers.

Yeah, they messed up the archives.

>Left unsaid, for perhaps obvious reasons, is Google's role in 
>facilitating said spam.

Lots of that. And people replying to posts in other groups that is
decades old.

>I can highly recommend Eternal September (https://eternal-september.org) 
>if you're looking for a new Usenet home.

Yeah, I use them.
-- 
Jim