Re: **THIS FORUM WILL BE SHUT DOWN SOON**

On 2021-03-28 06:14, pop wrote:
> Sailfish wrote on 3/27/2021 6:42 PM:
>> My bloviated meandering follows what Chris Ilias graced us with on 
>> 3/27/2021 1:11 PM:
>>> *WHAT IS HAPPENING*
>>> Mozilla is shutting down the newsgroup server (news.mozilla.org) and 
>>> mailing lists (list.mozilla.org).
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN*
>>> lists.mozilla.org: April 3
>>> news.mozilla.org: Sometime after April 3
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE*
>>> Because all posts to this newsgroup go through the mailing list, no 
>>> messages will be approved after April 3. You will still be able to 
>>> access news.mozilla.org, but there will be no new posts in this 
>>> newsgroup after that. If you try to post a message, it will just not 
>>> appear.
>>>
>>> Sometime after that, Giganews will shut down news.mozilla.org, and 
>>> you will no longer be able to access the newsgroup.
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHERE TO FIND THE ARCHIVE*
>>> The archive of this newsgroup will be kept intact at 
>>> https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/
>>> As with other newsgroups that have been shuttered in the past, the 
>>> archive will be read-only.
>>>
>>> If you're using Thunderbird, you can also download all messages 
>>> before the news server is shut down.
>>> 1. In your Local Folders account, create a new folder called 
>>> "mozilla.support.firefox"
>>> 2. Open the newsgroup, then go to Edit-->Select-->All.
>>> 3. Go to Message-->Move_to-->Local_Folders-->mozilla.support.firefox
>>> NOTE: There are over 190,000 messages, so it will take a long time to 
>>> download. You may want to select batches of messages instead of 
>>> selecting all.
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHERE TO GO FOR SUPPORT*
>>> The primary Firefox support forum is at 
>>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/firefox?show=all
>>> Other languages can be found at 
>>> https://support.mozilla.org/kb/get-community-support
>>>
>>> If you prefer newsgroups, there may be newsgroups on Usenet where you 
>>> can find Firefox support. If not, try netscape.public.mozilla.browser.
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHY THIS IS HAPPENING*
>>> Mozilla has been migrating off of mailing lists and newsgroups for 
>>> many years now. Many of the mailing lists have already closed down 
>>> and moved to https://discourse.mozilla.org/
>>> Even though a support web forum already exists, the support 
>>> newsgroups/lists have remained open for the lifetime of the server.
>>>
>>>
>>> *WHERE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT*
>>> You can reply to this post, and I'll try to answer any questions.
>>> If you have questions after the shutdown, you can find me in the 
>>> #firefox chat room at 
>>> https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#firefox:mozilla.org or the #sumo 
>>> chat room at https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#SUMO:mozilla.org
>>>
>>> My display name on chat.mozilla.org is cilias
>>>
>> This has been a pleasant place to visit and I enjoyed most of the 
>> people I've had the pleasure to engage with. But, as with Archie, 
>> Veronica, Jughead, Powwow, Finger, Whois and other unprofitable 
>> nascent technologies, eventually the time langoliers devour them and 
>> only leave faint memories for those old timers who had experienced 
>> them until even those find a resting place in the wikipedia catacombs.
>>
> +1
> 

+1

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