Re: Welp, buh-bye to this newsgroup

On 12/16/2023 2:33 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 12/16/2023 6:55 AM, Andrew wrote:
>> On 12/15/2023 9:36 AM, Steve Stone wrote:
>>> On 12/14/2023 8:24 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>>>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
>>>> content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
>>>> historical data will still be supported as it is done today.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Where to go next?
>>>
>>> Free non binary access to Usenet newsgroups:
>>> https://www.eternal-september.org/
>>>
>>> You will need a program like Mozilla Thunderbird to access these feeds.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> True.  It is just another 'account' within my Thunderbird list, like
>> several of my email accounts from Google and Yahoo.  Point here is I
>> access it through a single source (Thunderbird) at the same time I am
>> accessing my true email accounts.  Processes like downloading,
>> manipulation of archived mail etc. all is handled exactly the same and
>> with full transfer benefits to cloud etc. via the one application
>> (Thunderbird).
>>
>> And yes, I donate to them yearly for their excellent software.
> 
> This is what I do on my office computer, but on my smartphone I have 
> been using Google Groups as a read only method.  What now for smartphones?
> 
Ah, that's out of my purview.  I don't 'do' NGs on my cell.  Good question.