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From: Phil Boutros <philb@philb.ca>
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Subject: Re: [slrn] A farewell to the remaining slrn mafia
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 20:44:23 -0000 (UTC)
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andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:
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> I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
> amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I
> rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

    And thank you for that!

> Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
> your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

    Yep.  Still using slrn, still only have linux as an OS.  Usenet is
mostly dead, but I check it every once in a while.  Previous ISP
dropped it a long time ago, switched to paid Newsguy, then e-s years
ago when I realised I never came quote to using all the bandwidth and
didn't care for binaries.


Phil
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