Something happened about a year and a half to two years ago, I'm not sure what since I avoid using Google for anything whenever possible, but folks accessing UseNet through Google started having a lot of problems. When this happened traffic took another nose dive on the newsgroups.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Vogel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Usenet. > > I hadn't realized that so many ISPs have stopped access to Usenet news > servers. > > That being said, and not knowing how accessible it is, > groups.google.com still gives you access to Usenet and their search > capability gets you messages from decades ago if you're looking for > them. It also appears that the alt.binaries groups are still carried > by them, but you have to do a search to find them, they're not listed > on the main "groups" categories page. > > Brian > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#37394): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/37394 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/493877?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
