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From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Google Groups exiles: an alternative?
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:15:07 -0400
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On 3/20/2025 12:56 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vrhgib$3jgvs$1@dont-email.me>,
> Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3/20/2025 12:00 PM, Kevrob wrote:
>>> When access to USENET via Google Groups content, other than
>>> what has been archived, was cut off by Google last year, I
>>> wondered if an alternative might emerge elsewhere.  Obviously,
>>> I was able to switch to a newsreader, but if I ever could not
>>> use one, there is now:
>>>
>>> https://newsgrouper.org/
>>>
>>> If one does not want to register and be able to post, you could
>>> still use the site as a read-only tool.
>>>
>>
>> That's very nice. I was hoping something like this would turn up.
>>
>> However, I can't see how to register. Clicking the 'Register' button
>> takes me to a 'terms of use' page, with not indication of how to
>> register.
>>
>> pt
> 
> I see this at the bottom of the Terms Of Use page:
> 
>    Registration: Only registered users can post.
>    To request registration please send email to newsgrouper@yahoo.com.
>    Note that requests are processed manually so you may not get an immediate response.
>    Once you have received a password, please go to the Login Page.

Thanks!

pt