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candycane <
candycane@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet> wrote:
> Ri> When your ISP drops the service (and this would have been drops circa
> Ri> 1998-2005) one is left with the "pay monthly" servers (that primarially
> Ri> price their monthly costs for "binaries access" usage) and (at the
> Ri> time) google groups (assuming GG was around, if not, they likely just
> Ri> dropped out until GG did appear later).
>
> The BBS scene made a gateway to usenet (which I`m using now) and it works
> decently enough. Plus I also get the BBS boards
Except it breaks the References: header that creates proper threading
within proper newsreaders.
You can get a free Eternal September account here:
http://www.eternal-september.org/
And then use a real newsreader that inserts proper References: headers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Usenet_newsreaders
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