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  • Re: So Long

    From Alan@21:1/5 to -hh on Thu Feb 8 13:43:32 2024
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution. For MacOS, there's Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for. Still debating what other software might be worth trying or not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide pics of the soon-to-be new ride! <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness
    where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and
    re-launch it.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Feb 12 10:30:21 2024
    On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much
    finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few
    others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of
    luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
    combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution.   For MacOS, there's
    Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for.  Still debating what other software might be worth trying or
    not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide
    pics of the soon-to-be new ride!  <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and re-launch it.

    Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?
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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to no@thanks.net on Tue Jun 18 22:35:30 2024
    On Feb 12, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM EST, "candycanearter07" <no@thanks.net> wrote:

    On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much
    finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few
    others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of
    luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
    combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution. For MacOS, there's
    Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for. Still debating what other software might be worth trying or
    not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide
    pics of the soon-to-be new ride! <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness
    where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and
    re-launch it.

    Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?

    I had that problem with Thunderbird too. But I am not using Eternal September.
    It would just lose the connection after a few minutes. Close and restart and its fine again for a few minutes. Plus Thunderbird is unuseably slow on my
    old 2014 Mac Mini. As in it just locks up for no reason.

    For these (and other bugs/problems) I gave up on Thunderbird and bought Usenapp. It is lightning fast on the old Mac Mini. No connection problems. In fact, no problems at all.

    I've said it before and I say it again. Thunderbird is shit software. Yes, its free. And worth every penny.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Tyrone on Thu Jun 20 06:00:05 2024
    Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote at 22:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
    On Feb 12, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM EST, "candycanearter07" <no@thanks.net> wrote:

    On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much
    finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few
    others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of >>>>> luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
    combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution. For MacOS, there's
    Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for. Still debating what other software might be worth trying or
    not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide
    pics of the soon-to-be new ride! <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness >>> where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and
    re-launch it.

    Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?

    I had that problem with Thunderbird too. But I am not using Eternal September.
    It would just lose the connection after a few minutes. Close and restart and its fine again for a few minutes. Plus Thunderbird is unuseably slow on my old 2014 Mac Mini. As in it just locks up for no reason.

    For these (and other bugs/problems) I gave up on Thunderbird and bought Usenapp. It is lightning fast on the old Mac Mini. No connection problems. In fact, no problems at all.

    I've said it before and I say it again. Thunderbird is shit software. Yes, its
    free. And worth every penny.


    Yeah, I had a lot of frustrations with TB/BB. That's why I switched to
    slrn.
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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 20 11:15:56 2024
    On 6/20/24 2:00 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote at 22:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
    On Feb 12, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM EST, "candycanearter07" <no@thanks.net> wrote:

    On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much >>>>>> finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few
    others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of >>>>>> luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
    combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution. For MacOS, there's
    Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for. Still debating what other software might be worth trying or >>>>> not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide >>>>> pics of the soon-to-be new ride! <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness >>>> where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and
    re-launch it.

    Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?

    I had that problem with Thunderbird too. But I am not using Eternal September.
    It would just lose the connection after a few minutes. Close and restart and
    its fine again for a few minutes. Plus Thunderbird is unuseably slow on my >> old 2014 Mac Mini. As in it just locks up for no reason.

    For these (and other bugs/problems) I gave up on Thunderbird and bought
    Usenapp. It is lightning fast on the old Mac Mini. No connection problems. In
    fact, no problems at all.

    I've said it before and I say it again. Thunderbird is shit software. Yes, its
    free. And worth every penny.


    Yeah, I had a lot of frustrations with TB/BB. That's why I switched to
    slrn.

    I've not really had any problems with it, but I'm not particularly
    demanding on USENET this past decade. Similarly, I don't recall doing
    any of the SSL Certificate stuff that Tom mentioned .. although it is
    possible that the task he's complaining about was so trivially easy that
    I simply forgot about it.


    -hh

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Jun 21 06:00:06 2024
    -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote at 15:15 this Thursday (GMT):
    On 6/20/24 2:00 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote at 22:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
    On Feb 12, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM EST, "candycanearter07" <no@thanks.net> wrote:

    On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
    On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
    (and thanks for the fish?)

    So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much >>>>>>> finally kill this group
    once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few >>>>>>> others still lurking out there).
    It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of >>>>>>> luck out there. ;)

    You too, ed.

    I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
    combined with Eternal September
    for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution. For MacOS, there's >>>>>> Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
    $35 for. Still debating what other software might be worth trying or >>>>>> not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
    email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide >>>>>> pics of the soon-to-be new ride! <g>


    -hh

    I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness >>>>> where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and >>>>> re-launch it.

    Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?

    I had that problem with Thunderbird too. But I am not using Eternal September.
    It would just lose the connection after a few minutes. Close and restart and
    its fine again for a few minutes. Plus Thunderbird is unuseably slow on my >>> old 2014 Mac Mini. As in it just locks up for no reason.

    For these (and other bugs/problems) I gave up on Thunderbird and bought
    Usenapp. It is lightning fast on the old Mac Mini. No connection problems. In
    fact, no problems at all.

    I've said it before and I say it again. Thunderbird is shit software. Yes, its
    free. And worth every penny.


    Yeah, I had a lot of frustrations with TB/BB. That's why I switched to
    slrn.

    I've not really had any problems with it, but I'm not particularly
    demanding on USENET this past decade. Similarly, I don't recall doing
    any of the SSL Certificate stuff that Tom mentioned .. although it is possible that the task he's complaining about was so trivially easy that
    I simply forgot about it.


    -hh


    I just started using USENET last september.
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