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Re: Repost from outside of Google: Google Groups woes again.
- Subject: Re: Repost from outside of Google: Google Groups woes again.
- From: Jerry <awanderin@yahoo.ca>
- Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:40 -0700
- Cancel-lock: sha1:kjvEbqZvZoi+gg0Nu00boxz0eUI=
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: bbs-scene usenet news
- References: <61811610350239784.996626datajerk-gmail.com@news.xmission.com> <4f300e89$0$7628$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <jgp4dl$mdk$1@news.xmission.com>
- User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux)
Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com> writes:
> I know that this has been discussed before, perhaps its time to discuss again.
>
> What are the alternatives? What are others using? If using an NNTP
> server, what client on what OS? If web-based, URL. Thanks.
>
> My list:
>
> Web:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/topics
>
>
> NNTP Server:
>
> news.xmission.com
>
>
> NNTP Client/Browser:
>
> nn (OS/X and UNIX), used to love in the '80s/'90s, now prefer GUI
> clients (better fonts for readability)
>
> Xnttp (OS/X), Ok, not actively developed. Minor annoyances.
>
> Unison (OS/X), nice, but for ~$30 US you'd think they would have a
> spell checker. Actively developed.
>
> NewsTap (iOS iPad and iPhone), Not bad, only iOS option. Actively developed.
I use:
NNTP: news.bbs-scene.org
Client: gnus (within emacs)
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Jerry awanderin at yahoo dot ca