Re: OT: Newsgroup servers

On 1/9/21 12:57 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 09/01/2021 06:15, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 01/08/2021 08:41 PM, Daniel wrote:
>>> David E. Ross wrote on 09/01/21 14:15:
>>>> On 1/8/2021 3:25 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>>>>> Looking for recommendations and/or suggestions for a newsgroup server,
>>>>> free or paid.  The free one I I've been using has gone away.
>>>>
>>>> My primary NNTP service is the free AIOE.  The Web site is
>>>> <https://news.aioe.org/>.
>>>>
>>>> My backup is the free Eternal September.  Its Web site is
>>>> <http://www.eternal-september.org/>.
>>>>
>>>> If you want a service that retains old messages for a long time or has
>>>> obscure newsgroups, consider Giganews.  Its Web site is
>>>> <https://www.giganews.com/>.  Subscriptions currently cost  $8.33 per
>>>> month.  This service hosts Mozilla's newsgroups separately from its
>>>> general list of newsgroups.
>>>>
>>> I'll second the vote for E-S.
>>
>> I'll third it.
> 
> Yep. Ray does a good job of keeping it going.
> 
> For a backup I use Solani since Albasani went.

Albasani is the one I was using.


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