Mailing lists using usenet newsgroup

[jim]

     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 <mailto: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 
> <http://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 
> <http://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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