Mailing lists using usenet newsgroup

[jim]

     I'm in favor of home-grown, mainly home-administered,
as external providers can have their mishaps that hinder
our use but are outside our control.


On 01/06/2015 10:22 AM, jason stone wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>>     <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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