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No "Eternal September" or "NovaBBS" postings after 2-15-24?

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NancyGene

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Dec 14, 2023, 5:31:45 PM12/14/23
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"Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."

As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

roach

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Dec 14, 2023, 6:15:32 PM12/14/23
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On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2:31:45 PM UTC-8, NancyGene wrote:
> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."
>
> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

Hi Nanc...do you know if posts made from google.com are considered Usenet posts? All these years I thought they were, but perhaps I am incorrect. I ASSuMEd, or perhaps I was mislead.

Either way, can you help enlighten me? It would be much appreciated.

Ash Wurthing

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Dec 14, 2023, 6:47:43 PM12/14/23
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On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:31:45 PM UTC-5, NancyGene wrote:
> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."
>
> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

Hello Rachel,
I would assume that posts posted to the Google version of the "Usenet" group, through it's web interface or via GMail to the Google group wouldn't be considered Usenet posts. It looks like Google is taking it's version of Usenet groups (with prior Usenet postings) and making it general Internet, not Usenet accessible.

roach

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Dec 14, 2023, 10:36:09 PM12/14/23
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well, i'll be. and all these yearas, and i wrote to explain my situation as understood it to someone i thought could help, and now i look like an idiot.

thank you all, for humiliating me.

David Dalton

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Dec 14, 2023, 11:22:39 PM12/14/23
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On Dec 14, 2023, NancyGene wrote
(in article<c0bae6b0-e72d-44b9...@googlegroups.com>):
Nancy, it means that you and other google groups users will
have to switch to a newsreader accessing a newsserver
on or before February 15. (Posting and subscribing via
google groups will be disallowed.)

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Will Dockery

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Dec 14, 2023, 11:34:30 PM12/14/23
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Yes, apparently this is the end of Google Groups as a Usenet portal.

And so it goes.

ME

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Dec 16, 2023, 10:40:17 AM12/16/23
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On Thursday 14 December 2023 at 17:31:45 UTC-5, NancyGene wrote:
> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."
>
> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.



Ooooohhh, noooooooo! That’s just so terrible.

W.Dockery

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Dec 16, 2023, 11:20:17 AM12/16/23
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NancyGene wrote:

"Re: No "Eternal September" or "NovaBBS" postings after 2-15-24?"

Nova BBS and other Usenet venues will continue, only Google Groups are changing.

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=alt.arts.poetry.comments

> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."

> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

David Dalton will be fine, since he doesn't post from or read Google Groups, anyway.

HTH and HAND.

George J.

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Dec 16, 2023, 12:50:24 PM12/16/23
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roach wrote:

> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2:31:45 PM UTC-8, NancyGene wrote:
>> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."

>> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

> Hi Nanc...do you know if posts made from google.com are considered Usenet posts? All these years I thought they were, but perhaps I am incorrect. I ASSuMEd, or perhaps I was mislead.

You were right. If they're posted to aapc rap, or any other Usenet group, they're Usenet posts. They will not be allowed from Feb. 15 on;.

General-Zod

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Dec 16, 2023, 2:35:15 PM12/16/23
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Asking Nancy G. for a correct answer usually doesn't end up well...

Usenet lives:

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=alt.arts.poetry.comments

General-Zod

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Dec 16, 2023, 4:00:19 PM12/16/23
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roach wrote:

> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2:31:45 PM UTC-8, NancyGene wrote:
>
>> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today."
>>
>> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

Utter bullshit from Nancy G...

> Hi Nanc...do you know if posts made from google.com are considered Usenet posts? All these years I thought they were, but perhaps I am incorrect. I ASSuMEd, or perhaps I was mislead.

> Either way, can you help enlighten me? It would be much appreciated.

Hello Rachel, this newsgroup is exactly the same as other Usenet portals, compare to the soon to be top venue for this group, when Google Groups pulls the plug.

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=alt.arts.poetry.comments

General-Zod

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Dec 16, 2023, 10:15:13 PM12/16/23
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No, Rachel, this is still a Usenet portal until February, when Google Groups plan to unplug it.

See the same Usenet content at Nova Express BBS:

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=244385&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#244385

That is all.

General-Zod

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Dec 17, 2023, 3:40:14 PM12/17/23
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Ah, so you are speculating that Google Groups might still keep the group name alt.arts.poetry.comments but run it without any Usenet input... that would be an interesting development, if so...!

General-Zod

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Dec 18, 2023, 1:40:20 PM12/18/23
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Hello there Rachel...!

If a post is made to a Usenet group then yes it is a Usenet post and will appear all over Usenet....!

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=alt.arts.poetry.comments

W.Dockery

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Dec 19, 2023, 4:50:15 PM12/19/23
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David Dalton wrote:

> On Dec 14, 2023, NancyGene wrote
>
> (in article<c0bae6b0-e72d-44b9...@googlegroups.com>):

>> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet
>> content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from
>> Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will
>> still be supported as it is done today."
>>
>> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

> Nancy, it means that you and other google groups users will
> have to switch to a newsreader accessing a newsserver
> on or before February 15. (Posting and subscribing via
> google groups will be disallowed.)

Exactly.

:)

Ash Wurthing

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Dec 19, 2023, 6:44:26 PM12/19/23
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I didn't mean to humiliate you. I was going off of limited info but now that I know more, it appears that Google is stopping it's "mirrors" of Usenet groups, making them frozen archives and people will have to go back to Usenet (and not Google Groups) to post there.

General-Zod

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Dec 19, 2023, 8:15:12 PM12/19/23
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Or use Nova BBS:

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=244385&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#244385

General-Zod

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Dec 20, 2023, 7:25:14 PM12/20/23
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I do hope that you have a better understanding of the situation now, Rachel...

Here is the view of this thread on Nova BBS:

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=244385&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#244385

Please enjoy!

W.Dockery

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Dec 26, 2023, 12:05:15 AM12/26/23
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Rule of thumb:

If NancyGene or Pendragon are posting, they're probably lying.

HTH and HAND.

W.Dockery

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Dec 29, 2023, 10:50:13 AM12/29/23
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David Dalton wrote:

> On Dec 14, 2023, NancyGene wrote
> (in article<c0bae6b0-e72d-44b9...@googlegroups.com>):

>> "Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet
>> content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from
>> Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will
>> still be supported as it is done today."
>>
>> As posted at the top of Google Groups. David Dalton may also be SOL.

> Nancy, it means that you and other google groups users will
> have to switch to a newsreader accessing a newsserver
> on or before February 15. (Posting and subscribing via
> google groups will be disallowed.)

Good morning David, thanks again for helping keep the record straight.

😃

Family Guy

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Dec 29, 2023, 11:37:56 AM12/29/23
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Rule of thumb:
Donkey usually has his up his rectum.
HTH and FOAD.

W.Dockery

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Dec 30, 2023, 3:50:10 AM12/30/23
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^^^^^^^^^^^^

Now you're obviously the confused one, Ash.

^^^^^^^

Since you brought confusion up.

HTH and HAND.

Ash Wurthing

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Dec 30, 2023, 4:58:31 AM12/30/23
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> Since you brought confusion up.

Dude, speak of confusion-- that was over two weeks ago, and since then I posted revisions to my original statements. You're a little too late to lame like you always do. You just lame yourself and betray your true troll face. You must had missed my post to Rachel where I admitted to being wrong based off the little information I dad at that earlier date-- or was that was tipped you off to dig this up? Unlike you, I amend with new info, rather than cling to the same old beliefs. You're the ignorant one sayin' that Google Groups as a whole is ending, rather than just their groups based off of Usenet newsgroups. There's more to Earth and Heaven than your self centered world view. Google Groups is much larger than their newsgroups groups. While you retreat back to Usenet where dinosaurs like you belong, I will continue to use Google Groups.
Poor sWilly and Dunce scouring the group lookin' for anything to try to get at me and all they do is lame their selves in the process. I couldn't ask for more helpful fools for foes!!

W.Dockery

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Dec 30, 2023, 5:10:12 AM12/30/23
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<...>

So two weeks ago you were confused, until George Dance and David Dalton corrected you and set the record straight.

"We know."

😃
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