Re: Death of news.mozilla.org

On 03/28/2021 10:47 AM, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 3/28/21 1:17 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> 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...
>
> While your bitching about your inconvenience keep in mind the Firefox,
> SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, security, planning and other developers also
> have to find new locations for their discussions.
>
> You can open the Manage Subscriptions dialog at the account level to get
> an idea of how many more are affected by the shutdowns. If your outdated
> 38.2.0 has that link.

No idea.  Ever since the devs chewed me out for bothering them (Their 
ultimate answer was "Oh yeah, that doesn't work in linux" after I'd been 
tweaking around for several days) I figure they can solve their own 
problems.  Fucking up the specifications/instructions is inexcusable.

> How could they do this to themselves!!!
>
> I'm subscribed to 15 Mozilla newsgroups and a few mailing lists not
> connected to newsgroups.

I suppose we shouldn't complain -- after all, how much did we pay for it?

-- 
Cheers, Bev
   Organized people will never know the sheer joyous ecstasy of finding
   something that was believed to have been irretrievably lost.
                                                          -- D. Stern