Le 04/07/2024 à 20:52, Roger Hayter a écrit :
On 4 Jul 2024 at 20:30:32 BST, "Lightclock" <andrew.batty@gmx.com> wrote:
First it was Virgin Media removing write access to their NNTP service.
Google Groups have done the same with their NNTP <=> HTTP service now.
Original Usenet service is OK with a small subscription fee. I'm officially
in old age now like all the classical "commonly known telnet sockets". I >> don't like it. There is no upside to it.
Andy G8OZD
The only tiny upside to it is that at least people won't be able to post from Google Groups.
True, but what they could and should have done is to keep the gateway read-only. It's a pain now to search the Usenet. Narkive is
unpredictable. There are other 3rd party tools which are r/w (like
Rocksolid) and potentially open to abuse.
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Ottavio Caruso
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