Re: OT: Newsgroup servers

On 1/9/2021 12:33 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Albasani suffered a hard drive crash that wiped out the server.  Roman
Racine, who maintained that service, said he might replace the server.
Since it was a free service, however, he had more important things to do.

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