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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/31/13 11:44
Richard wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
>
>>much better ways to access usenet than Google Groups
>
>
> OK, I did "A very little research". I visited http://www.disenter.com/
> and observed their claim of monitoring 56,000+ servers.
>
> I searched for Ruby: it reported 117 NGs, but didn't list any
> (presumably because of heavy load on their servers). Ajax: one
> listing, but for soccer. C++: regexp failure. C#: 0.
>
> I don't think that site serves me better than Google Groups, which
> lists groups in categories and recommends related groups. I'm
> presently registered in almost a dozen NGs on Google. They were easy
> to find, easy to assess in terms of number of users and frequency of
> response.
>
> I'm glad you feel well servered by Usenet. I think I'll stick to my
> "church", which I think of as the Web, no mind if I happen
> occassionally to use my Outlook Express newsreader or whether a site I
> visit uses a newsreader to serve me web pages.
>
> Best wishes,
> Richard
>
Try a real newsreader, not a web based abortion. It works much better.
You did research. But none on what usenet really is.
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