Re: Death of news.mozilla.org

On 03/28/2021 10:14 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mozilla is shutting down the newsgroup server (news.mozilla.org) and
>>>> mailing lists (list.mozilla.org)
>>
>> Indicate any support for alt.comp.software.thunderbird
>> over in alt.config
>>
>> Indicate any support for alt.comp.software.firefox
>> over in alt.config
>
> It's been gently pointed out to me that I should NOT have requested
> expressions of support over in alt.config, that is just for discussion
> of the proposal(s), not "me too" posts.
>
> It's also suggested to call any new group "alt.comp.mozilla.firefox"
> instead of "alt.comp.software.firefox"
>
> another user has suggested a similar group for seamonkey which I will
> include (though I have to say m.s.seamonkey looks in a worse state than
> m.s.firefox or m.s.thunderbird)
>
> I do wish we'd had more than a weeks notice of the groups closure!

Hey, it's ChrisI.  We should be glad we got any notice at all!

Upon reflection, perhaps alt.comp.mozilla.general would grab more users. 
  Certainly more "banned" users...

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Cheers, Bev
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