NNTP Clients

[Anthony Giacalone]

Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.

I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

[Petr Voralek]

Hello!

On 07/06/2012 09:26 AM, *Anthony Giacalone* wrote, and I quote (in part):

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.

Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey is my favorite for many years.
In the Middle Ages (when men were men, women were women and amiga ruled)
I used Thor... ;^)

--
Petr Voralek (JabberID: na...@jabber.cz)



... The doctors have done everything, but I'm still alive.

[Andrew D'Angelo]

Outlook Express 6 for Windows XP.
It is consistent and integrated with the mail interface, light on resources,
and has that great "well-designed in 2001" feel to it.
On my PowerBook I use an older version of Unison, an excellent but expensive
client (both in money and in system resources); older because it's cracked.
I like it :-)

"Anthony Giacalone" <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:slrnjvd4pn.e...@joel.agiacalone.dyndns.org...

[Theodore Heise]

Another slrn user here, albeit an older version (0.9.8.1).

--
Theodore (Ted) Heise <th...@heise.nu> Bloomington, IN, USA

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:26:47 +0000 (UTC), Anthony Giacalone
<agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:

Forte's Agent. An old version (4.2/32.1118), but I may upgrade
to the new version they announced.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

[Brandon Staggs]

"Anthony Giacalone" wrote on Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:26:47 +0000 (UTC):

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

40tude Dialog on Windows.

--
Brandon Staggs
StudyLamp Software LLC
http://www.studylamp.com

[Anthony Giacalone]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:22:05 +0200, s|b <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:

> Forté Agent. You'll be able to use it with Wine.

I'll have to check it out. I tend to shy away from Wine apps because
native *nix apps tend to run a bit smoother...but it looks like a
decent client.

[Thomas Hochstein]

Anthony Giacalone schrieb:

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.

Forté Agent (Windows 7).

Most clients announce themselves in a "User-Agent:" header line
(sometimes also called "X-Newsreader:"), so you can check for yourself
which clients are used most.

-thh

[Arvid Warnecke]

Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>

I am still using tin. I like the way navigation is implemented.

> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>

I remember slrn's nice score file. But last time I tried to switch it
did not last too long.

--
[ Arvid Warnecke ][ arvid (at) nostalgix (dot) org ]
[ IRC/OPN: "madhatter" ][ http://www.nostalgix.org ]
---[ ThreePiO was right: Let the Wookiee win. ]---

[Anthony Giacalone]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:49:49 +0200, Thomas Hochstein <t...@inter.net> wrote:

> Most clients announce themselves in a "User-Agent:" header line
> (sometimes also called "X-Newsreader:"), so you can check for yourself
> which clients are used most.

I realize that, but part of the post was to get a discussion going with
the hopes that people would say *why* they like their particular client.

And it looks like it succeeded. :)

[Arvid Warnecke]

And Usenet nowadays is so quiet, that it's okay to talk about the
obvious stuff, too.

Cheers,
Arvid

[Albert Sims]

On 7/6/2012 2:26 AM, Anthony Giacalone wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>

Thunderbird has been good enough for my purposes.

--
Albert Sims
West Monroe,Louisiana

[Brad Sims]

On 2012-07-06, Theodore Heise <th...@heise.nu> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:26:47 +0000 (UTC),
> Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>>
>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> Another slrn user here, albeit an older version (0.9.8.1).

On windows and linux I use pan for binaries and slrn for text groups.

I don't have slrn completely set up on windows, but it reads, posts,
calls Notepad++ for editing, and opens urls in the default browser.

[Philemon Phonon]

Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> writes:

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

Hi,
I use Gnus/Emacs under Linux or Windows.

Have a nice day,
--
Philemon Phonon

[William R. Cousert]

On 7/6/2012 12:26 AM, Anthony Giacalone wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>

Does anyone know if there are any good cloud based NNTP clients that
will work with Eternal September?

[Feranija]

On 2012-12-05, Brad Sims <brad....@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Another slrn user here, albeit an older version (0.9.8.1).
>
> On windows and linux I use pan for binaries and slrn for text groups.

Compile Slrn against uudeview, and the slrn works with binaries
too calling uudeview to decode, and reconstruct them as well if
it's about any multipart binaries.
Select articles with ":' and decode them, all from the slrn. It
handles binhex, xx, yenc, uu, mime64.

> I don't have slrn completely set up on windows, but it reads, posts,
> calls Notepad++ for editing, and opens urls in the default browser.

In a graphics environment on my PC, I use to use Thunderbird with
Leafnode server, but for extremely large multipart binaries, there
I always prefer SabNzbd.

[Bill Davidsen]

Petr Voralek wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On 07/06/2012 09:26 AM, *Anthony Giacalone* wrote, and I quote (in part):
>
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey is my favorite for many years.
> In the Middle Ages (when men were men, women were women and amiga ruled)
> I used Thor... ;^)
>

I use Seamonkey with Lightning calendar everywhere. I allows me to integrate
browsing, mail, NNTP, RSS (follow Twitter feeds, blogs, etc), and has the
ability to "watch" a thread, so when you have limited time you can only view
"watched threads with new messages" and easily track important discussions.

Oh, it has a web page creator and IRC chat client as well, and everything has a
ton of options so it works the way you do, not the other way around. The browser
is the Gecko from Firefox, so it's very up-to-date, has a web page evaluator to
critique a web page which doesn't work as expected, all good!

[Mark12547]

In article <jtc5i0$hne$1...@dont-email.me>, alber...@invalid.invalid
says...

> Thunderbird has been good enough for my purposes.
>
>

I tried Thunderbird since I am using that for my email client (three
email accounts being monitored) and several RSS feeds, but it doesn't
fit my style of handling messages.

I am now testing MicroPlanet Gravity, and I like it more than
Thunderbird, and feels more comfortable handling threads. Unfortunately,
it doesn't have built-in SSL security. But it does handle eternal-
september.org just fine. The help for Gravity suggests using stunnel if
I want SSL session security, which I would need if I want to email out
of Gravity, but it shouldn't be needed if I cut/paste from Gravity to
Thunderbird.

Also, I didn't want to spend real money on a reader until I decide if
usenet is useful, which is one of the reasons I decided to try Gravity
(free).

[zeez]

On 2012-07-06, Theodore Heise <th...@heise.nu> wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:26:47 +0000 (UTC),
> Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>>
>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> Another slrn user here, albeit an older version (0.9.8.1).
>

Just started using Slrn under Windows XP though I sometimes use Free Agent.
There is just something special about using text mode for reading Usenet

:-)

[Robert Miles]

I use mainly Thunderbird (for the text newsgroups), but also Windows
Mail (for a few pictures newsgroups that are often yEnc-encoded).

[Nick B.]

I ran slrn for a couple of weeks but I've now moved on to tin. Far more
efficient (esp for killfiles and scoring) than Thunderbird.

--
Nick B.

[Nrth]

On 2012-07-06, Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

Slrn 1.0.1 here as well. I find it very fast and convenient, now that the
command keys are fairly second-nature.

(Sorry for the bump)

Regards,

Nrth.

[Luca Saiu]

Gnus.

--
Luca Saiu
Home page: http://ageinghacker.net
GNU epsilon: http://www.gnu.org/software/epsilon
Marionnet: http://marionnet.org

[Giorgos Tzampanakis]

On 2012-07-06, Anthony Giacalone wrote:

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

slrn under cygwin here. Mostly satisfied.

--
Improve at backgammon rapidly through addictive quickfire position quizzes:
http://www.bgtrain.com/

[Nick Spalding]

Giorgos Tzampanakis wrote, in
<slrnldo3gc.9so.gi...@brilliance.eternal-september.org>
on Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:40:43 +0000 (UTC):

> On 2012-07-06, Anthony Giacalone wrote:
>
> > Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
> >
> > I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> slrn under cygwin here. Mostly satisfied.

Agent under Windows. My ISP when I started on home use in 1995 (I had been in
the computer business since 1963) was little more than a one-man-band and that
man was an enthusiast for Usenet and he included a link to Free Agent on his
startup disk, a 3½" floppy. I very quickly paid up for the full version which
was then at v.99c, still a beta, the payment being for 1.0 when it came. When
it did I was asked to be a beta tester which I have been ever since.
--
Nick Spalding

[Aragorn]

On Sunday 19 January 2014 18:40, Giorgos Tzampanakis conveyed the
following to eternal-september.talk...

> On 2012-07-06, Anthony Giacalone wrote:
>
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>>
>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> slrn under cygwin here. Mostly satisfied.

KNode - comes as part of the KDE Software Compilation - on GNU/Linux.
Has a few bugs (in this particular version) but works very well
otherwise.

KDE can also be installed on other UNIX systems. Current versions
require an X11 server, but Wayland support is in the making.

--
= Aragorn =

http://www.linuxcounter.net - registrant #223157

[Anthony Giacalone]

On 01/19/2014 10:45 AM, s|b wrote:

> He posted that more than a year ago; I don't think he'll read this. ;-)

Believe it or not, I'm actually still around. :)

[Wayne Brown]

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:08:12 in article <lc5b6c$6uf$2...@blueduskconspiracy.eternal-september.org> RVG <not....@themoment.invalid.org> wrote:

> Le 06/07/2012 09:26, Anthony Giacalone a écrit :
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>>
>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>>
>

> Thunderbird.
> I started surfing the interwebs with Netscape Communicator back then,
> when we hunted mammoths riding on t-rex (or was it the other way ?
> Nurse, my memory pills, please !).

I started in the '80s with the readnews program that came with "B News,"
which I ran under Minix. Since the mid-'90s I've been using tin under
Linux. My first browser was NCSA Mosaic, and these days I run Firefox.

--
F. Wayne Brown <fwb...@bellsouth.net>

Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)

[Arvid Warnecke]

Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

I don't read news very often these days. But when I do I use tin on
Linux.

[Barry Margolin]

In article <lh3nnm$cnp$1...@anonymous.dont-email.me>,

Arvid Warnecke <use...@nostalgix.org> wrote:

> Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
> >
> > I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> I don't read news very often these days. But when I do I use tin on
> Linux.

Apparently, you only read it every 2 years, as that's how old the thread
is that you responded to.

--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA

[Dominic Reich]

Arvid Warnecke wrote:

> Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>>
>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>
> I don't read news very often these days. But when I do I use tin on
> Linux.

I think I tried tin a few years ago; still using slrn as that's what I like :)

[Wayne Brown]

The thread may have been started in July 2012, but there already were
new articles in it from January and February of this year when Arvid and
I responded. I don't know how your newsreader works, but tin shows all
threads that have new unread articles posted in them regardless of how
old the thread itself happens to be.

[Nick B.]

On 2014-03-29, Dominic Reich <use...@tmsn.at> wrote:
> Arvid Warnecke wrote:
>
>> Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.

Let's bump the thread again!

>>>
>>> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>>
>> I don't read news very often these days. But when I do I use tin on
>> Linux.
>
> I think I tried tin a few years ago; still using slrn as that's what I like :)

I just got slrn up and running again under cygwin. I tried to build the
latest tin without any joy and I need to move my old tin stuff off my
(almost dead) macbook onto a Linux machine.


I found slrn supports ssl connections whereas I couldn't find the option
for tin. I would need to run it behind stunnel (unless anyone knows
different?)

--
Nick B.

[Bit Twister]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:16:47 +0000 (UTC), Nick B. wrote:

> I found slrn supports ssl connections whereas I couldn't find the option
> for tin. I would need to run it behind stunnel (unless anyone knows
> different?)

I run a ssl connection with out stunnel. You have to install libraries
and do your own compile. On Mageia Linux I installed these rpms.
openssl libssh-devel libslang-devel slrn and have an install script
which does the compile/link using the downloaded slrn-1.0.1.tar.gz
from http://slrn.sourceforge.net/download.html


_app=slrn

#********************
#* start the install
#********************

mkdir -p /root/tmp
cd /root/tmp
$_rm_cmd -rf *$_app*

mkdir -p $_app
cd $_app

tar -xvzf $_pkg_fn
ls -al $_app* 2> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
chown root:root -R $_app
cd $_app*

#**************
#* make slrn
#**************
# check environment vars:
# CPATH
# C_INCLUDE_PATH
# CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
# OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
#
# here: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Environment-Variables.html


if [ "$_mach" = "x86_64" ] ; then
_libs="--with-ssl --with-slanginc=/usr/include/slang --with-slanglib=/usr/lib64 --prefix=/usr"
else
_libs=""
fi

ldconfig

_cmd="./configure --with-ssl $_libs"
echo "
$_cmd
"

$_cmd

make
make install

[Nick B.]

On 2014-04-19, Bit Twister <BitTw...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:16:47 +0000 (UTC), Nick B. wrote:
>
>> I found slrn supports ssl connections whereas I couldn't find the option
>> for tin. I would need to run it behind stunnel (unless anyone knows
>> different?)
>
> I run a ssl connection with out stunnel. You have to install libraries
> and do your own compile. On Mageia Linux I installed these rpms.
> openssl libssh-devel libslang-devel slrn and have an install script
> which does the compile/link using the downloaded slrn-1.0.1.tar.gz
> from http://slrn.sourceforge.net/download.html

slrn is working fine with ssl (as built on FreeBSD and Cygwin). It's
just tin that I have the problem with.

Thanks for posting the slrn stuff though.

--
Nick B.

[j...@dorsal.tk]

I'm using tin with stunnel4, and it's a lot less hassle than source patching.
In /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf:
[nntps]
client = yes
accept = 127.0.0.1:119
connect = news.eternal-september.org:563

Then I this script (called "news") in my $PATH:
#!/bin/bash
if [ ! -e /var/run/stunnel4.pid ]; then
sudo stunnel4 && sleep 2
fi
tin -A -g localhost -p 119

Then the only thing I have to do is copy the news.eternal-september.org line
to a "localhost" line in ~/.newsauth, and tin over SSL works.

[VanguardLH]

jon wrote:

> I'm using tin with stunnel4, and it's a lot less hassle than source patching.

Does stunnel support TLS? The SSL vulnerability (Heartbleed) has many
e-mail and Usenet providers switching to TLS. If supported, does it let
you elect priority on which to use (i.e., try TLS, if fail then SSL) or
is that the default priority?

[Richard Falken]

I think stunnel supports TLS, indeed. Check the man page.

--
Richard Falken: Literatura épica.
http://richard-falken.com
Clave GPG: http://richard-falken.com/files/648179F2.asc

[j...@dorsal.tk]

stunnel4 supports everything from SSLv2 to modern versions of TLS, and you can
set it up to avoid SSLv2 and SSLv3 entirely.

[VanguardLH]

jon wrote:

Thanks for the info guys. Good to know. It has probably been years
since I last used sTunnel.

[da...@pi4.lan]

Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>

> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

tin

[Sn!pe]

Mainly MacSOUP 2.8.6b1 on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave).
Sometimes Usenapp 1.21.1 or Thunderbird 91.10.0
on macOS 12.4 (Monterey)

--
^Ï^ Slava Ukraini

My pet rock Gordon just is.

[Sn!pe]

Sn!pe <snip...@gmail.com> wrote:

> <da...@pi4.lan> wrote:
>
> > Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
> > >
> > > I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
> >
> > tin
>
> Mainly MacSOUP 2.8.6b1 on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave).
> Sometimes Usenapp 1.21.1 or Thunderbird 91.10.0
> on macOS 12.4 (Monterey)

Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!

[John McCue]

Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.

tin for me

> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

--
[t]csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
- Paraphrasing Star Wars

[John McCue]

Andrew D'Angelo <ex...@pharcyde.org> wrote:
> Outlook Express 6 for Windows XP.

Outlook can read news ? Was now aware if that.
Also are you really on XP ?

<snip>

[Adam H. Kerman]

John McCue <jmc...@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:
>Andrew D'Angelo <ex...@pharcyde.org> wrote:

>>Outlook Express 6 for Windows XP.

>Outlook can read news ? Was now aware if that.

Outlook Express was a different client than Outlook.

[Blueshirt]

On 21/06/2022 05:45, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> John McCue <jmc...@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:
>> Andrew D'Angelo <ex...@pharcyde.org> wrote:
>
>>> Outlook Express 6 for Windows XP.
>
>> Outlook can read news ? Was now aware if that.
>
> Outlook Express was a different client than Outlook.

Oh, it was different alright!!! ;-)

[Nicholas D. Richards]

In article <1ptvh2g.y3c2tj1oqbusnN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snip...@gmail.com> on Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 23:55:16 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote

>Sn!pe <snip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> <da...@pi4.lan> wrote:
>>
>> > Anthony Giacalone <agiac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>> > >
>> > > I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.
>> >
>> > tin
>>
>> Mainly MacSOUP 2.8.6b1 on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave).
>> Sometimes Usenapp 1.21.1 or Thunderbird 91.10.0
>> on macOS 12.4 (Monterey)
>
>Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
>

I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
hitting send.

I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Oů sont les neiges d'antan?"

[Sn!pe]

Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
[...]

> >Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
> >
> I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
> that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
> hitting send.
>
> I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.

Ah, Turkipen, the mark of the demon.

[Nicholas D. Richards]

In article <1ptwvqt.r5jzls1s3jg0kN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snip...@gmail.com> on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 18:10:03 awoke Nicholas

from his slumbers and wrote

>Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
>[...]
>> >Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
>> >
>> I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
>> that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
>> hitting send.
>>
>> I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.
>
>Ah, Turkipen, the mark of the demon.
>

Too right. BT would not let me have a x666 telephone number.

[John McCue]

Jukka Lahtinen <jtfj...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
<snip>
>
> Maybe he was in July 2012, when he wrote that..

:)
I noticed this was a necro thread after I posted.

[Sn!pe]

Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <1ptwvqt.r5jzls1s3jg0kN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> <snip...@gmail.com> on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 18:10:03 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
> >Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
> >[...]
> >> >Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
> >> >
> >> I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
> >> that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
> >> hitting send.
> >>
> >> I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.
> >
> >Ah, Turkipen, the mark of the demon.
> >
> Too right. BT would not let me have a x666 telephone number.

I wonder how many remember using KA9Q on DOS.

[Nicholas D. Richards]

In article <1ptydeq.vvs0c5cya3soN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snip...@gmail.com> on Wed, 22 Jun 2022 at 13:32:05 awoke Nicholas

from his slumbers and wrote
>Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <1ptwvqt.r5jzls1s3jg0kN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>> <snip...@gmail.com> on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 18:10:03 awoke Nicholas
>> from his slumbers and wrote
>> >Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
>> >[...]
>> >> >Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
>> >> >
>> >> I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
>> >> that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
>> >> hitting send.
>> >>
>> >> I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.
>> >
>> >Ah, Turkipen, the mark of the demon.
>> >
>> Too right. BT would not let me have a x666 telephone number.
>
>I wonder how many remember using KA9Q on DOS.
>

I started using the Internet on Cityscape using KA9Q. 1993? Not that I
can remember very much, if anything, about KA9Q.

[Sn!pe]

Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <1ptydeq.vvs0c5cya3soN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> <snip...@gmail.com> on Wed, 22 Jun 2022 at 13:32:05 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
> >Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <1ptwvqt.r5jzls1s3jg0kN%snip...@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> >> <snip...@gmail.com> on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 18:10:03 awoke Nicholas
> >> from his slumbers and wrote
> >> >Nicholas D. Richards <nich...@salmiron.com> wrote:
> >> >[...]
> >> >> >Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!
> >> >> >
> >> >> I have found myself replying to old OP's as well, although not quite
> >> >> that old. In each case I have managed to realize and stop myself before
> >> >> hitting send.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am still using Turnpike v5.02 on Windows 7.
> >> >
> >> >Ah, Turkipen, the mark of the demon.
> >> >
> >> Too right. BT would not let me have a x666 telephone number.
> >
> >I wonder how many remember using KA9Q on DOS.
> >
> I started using the Internet on Cityscape using KA9Q. 1993? Not that I
> can remember very much, if anything, about KA9Q.

'94 for me, on Demon. I do remember wrestling with KA9Q
for quite a while before I could get it to work.

[anthonyg]

On 6/20/22 3:55 PM, Sn!pe wrote:

> Sn!pe <snip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Furrfu, I've just realised that the OP is 10 years old!

It is! And I'm still around, too! (albeit with a different email address).

~ Anthony

[Sn!pe]

It's good to see that you're still here, Anthony.

--
^Ď^ My pet rock Gordon just is.

~ Slava Ukraini ~

[rek2 hispagatos]

I use SLRN under Arch GNU/Linux, wayland/sway

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https://hispagatos.space/@rek2

[Den Zuko]

You guys are telling me.. Here I'm lurking alt.2600 still and
posting here from nntpfs(1) on plan9 and acme.

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Anthony Giacalone wrote:

> Just curious what clients people are using to read news on.
>
> I'm using slrn under Linux, although I also occasionally use Pan.

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