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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: So Long
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:00:06 -0000 (UTC)
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-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote at 15:15 this Thursday (GMT):
> On 6/20/24 2:00 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote at 22:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>> On Feb 12, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM EST, "candycanearter07" <no@thanks.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/8/24 15:43, Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-02-08 13:38, -hh wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3:19:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote:
>>>>>>> (and thanks for the fish?)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So Google groups is shutting down new posts, which will pretty much
>>>>>>> finally kill this group
>>>>>>> once and for all (for the 3 regular participants, but maybe a few
>>>>>>> others still lurking out there).
>>>>>>> It's been an interesting multi decade(!) ride with you guys. Best of
>>>>>>> luck out there. ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You too, ed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've found the iOS Newswatcher app is free for two groups, which
>>>>>> combined with Eternal September
>>>>>> for hosting is a 'lousy UI but free' solution.   For MacOS, there's
>>>>>> Hogwasher, which IIRC they want
>>>>>> $35 for.  Still debating what other software might be worth trying or
>>>>>> not...in any event, hh@ is a direct
>>>>>> email to me if you're inclined to drop a private line...I'll provide
>>>>>> pics of the soon-to-be new ride!  <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -hh
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been using Thunderbird fairly successfully. There is some weirdness
>>>>> where it stops communicating with Eternal-September until I quit and
>>>>> re-launch it.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah.. I think it happens if you leave it open too long?
>>>
>>> I had that problem with Thunderbird too. But I am not using Eternal September.
>>>   It would just lose the connection after a few minutes. Close and restart and
>>> its fine again for a few minutes.  Plus Thunderbird is unuseably slow on my
>>> old 2014 Mac Mini. As in it just locks up for no reason.
>>>
>>> For these (and other bugs/problems) I gave up on Thunderbird and bought
>>> Usenapp. It is lightning fast on the old Mac Mini. No connection problems. In
>>> fact, no problems at all.
>>>
>>> I've said it before and I say it again. Thunderbird is shit software. Yes, its
>>> free. And worth every penny.
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, I had a lot of frustrations with TB/BB. That's why I switched to
>> slrn.
>
> I've not really had any problems with it, but I'm not particularly 
> demanding on USENET this past decade.  Similarly, I don't recall doing 
> any of the SSL Certificate stuff that Tom mentioned .. although it is 
> possible that the task he's complaining about was so trivially easy that 
> I simply forgot about it.
>
>
> -hh


I just started using USENET last september.
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