Mailing lists using usenet newsgroup

[jason stone]

Respectfully, I'm not sure any of this fear of Google matters in this
situation since a few of us receive these direct mailers at Gmail
accounts.  Google has the information already.

I'd prefer that these emails go through some kind of list so that it makes
filtering easier and I don't have this massive To: field.  Whether it is
some home grown solution as it has been, or Yahoo Group, or a Google Group.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:16 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:

>
>
>     Me, too, tho' I don't really know why--probably
> something about Google's using any and all user
> meta-data and possibly data (e.g. email messages)
> to mine keywords.
>     I have to say that overall I admire Google (partly
> because I've met some of the employees). Google
> may be my second favorite big-ass internet system
> after Amazon, which looks like it will be taking over
> the world--excellent user data security and also
> haul-ass inovation--did you know Amazon is now
> offering 3-D printing for on-demand customized
> stuff?
>
>
> On 01/06/2015 04:45 AM, maestro wrote:
>
> I DO NOT want to use google.
> That's my vote cast...
>
>
> Message ends.
> _________________
>
> On Thursday, January 1, 2015, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >By they way, Bobbie, is there any reasone we don't set up a Google
> Group, just
> >> >for the purpose of using it as a mailing list? Or are there people on
> this
> >> >list who prefer not to use Google, which is very understandable?
> >> >
> >> >Michael
> >>
> >>     Well Michael, unfortunately I am one of those individuals who care
> only
> >> to use Google as search engine.
> >>     I do use Usenet Newsgroups but it seems few people know how to
> >> access these groups which in the case of Linux is really a departure
> from
> >> its roots.
> >>     But we could try to propagate an alt.ug.linux.sf-lug  or we
> >> could simply
> >> pick a newsgroup like alt.os.linux.mandriva and use it.   There are
> Linux
> >> newsgroups by the way where your query as to p/o of source code
> >> would be welcome and elicit many replies.
> >>
> >>     I suggest the group mentioned above because i am already
> >> subscribed to it and
> >> because since the collapse of the Mandriva company in France it has
> >> been largely
> >> empty with only a few posts about arcane Mandriva programs and what OS
> >> to use when Mandriva is too far behind the curve.
> >>
> >>     If anyone wants help in setting up a news.server account  bring
> >> it to this
> >> list and I will do my best as I certainly have made enough mistakes to
> >> know what can go wrong.   The server I use is eternal-september,
> >> properly designated news.eternal-september.org and it is a free text
> >> only server.  If you want a binary group server you most likely will
> >> have to pay.
> >>
> >>     Bobbie
> >
> > Hi Bobbie,
> >
> > That's a very interesting suggestion. I am very familiar with newsgroups
> from
> > back in the 80's. Back then we used 'rn' which probably stood for 'read
> news'.
> > I tried typing 'rn' just now and Ubuntu suggested I installed trn or trn4
> > which as I recall stood for "threaded read news" so I'd be very happy
> with
> > this.
> >
> > I invoked trn4 and it says
> >
> >         Connecting to t61b...connection to 2.0.0.119: Connection refused
> >
> > t61b is the name of my computer. Do I need to have a local news server
> running or
> > can I point trn at some remote server, such as the one you mention?
> >
> > I used to know all this but it's been many, many years ...
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> *~the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...*
>
>
>
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