Re: Death of news.mozilla.org

On 27-Mar.-2021 18:40, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 3/27/21 6:06 PM, Big Al wrote:
>> On 3/27/21 5:32 PM, this is what WaltS48 wrote:
>>> On 3/27/21 5:21 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mozilla is shutting down the newsgroup server (news.mozilla.org) 
>>>>> and mailing lists (list.mozilla.org)
>>>>
>>>> So where will people decamp to?  I can't see any TB/FF groups on 
> 
>>>> other news servers
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What else does it say in the announcements in m.s.firefox, 
>>> m.s.thunderbird and others?
>>>
>>> I think there are suggestions there.
>>>
>> Chris took the time to make a nice write up about alternate places to 
>> go.   Not sure how much traffic they get, but when this shuts 
> down and
>> people migrate.... the volume will go up (should).
>>
> Yes, he did in the calendar, browser and email support groups.
> 
> I suggest reading them.
> 
> Another alternative not mentioned in those posts is the mozillaZine site.
> 
> "mozillaZine is an independent Mozilla community and advocacy site. 
> We're not affiliated or endorsed by the Mozilla Corporation but we love 
> them just the same."
> 
> <http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php>
> 
> Which is still around more than a year after it was announced that it 
> was shutting down.
> 

What kind of garbage is that.

This is what I get from your link:
"You have been banned from this board until March 30th, 2022, 11:00 pm.
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clearing your cache.
If you still have an issue, and believe it's an error, put the word 
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result and then click on Board Index. The problem should go away. A ban 
has been issued on your IP address."


This is the first time I've been to that site and this is the last time 
too. :-(
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