google groups alternative

badgolferman

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Feb 13, 2021, 9:48:57 PM2/13/21

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Are there any Google Groups alternatives which can be accessed from a
mobile browser? Google no longer allows posting from a mobile browser
for some silly reason. I'd like the option of posting, not just
reading when using my phone.

I use a desktop news client on my computer and NewsTap Lite from my
phone. I'd still like to see if there is something other than Google
Groups. I'm only interested in Usenet text groups.

dale

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Feb 14, 2021, 10:34:00 AM2/14/21

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this might be something ...

http://newsguy.com/

from their FAQ ...

"What is Direct Read News™?
Direct Read News™ is a Usenet web browser developed by NewGuy. Members
can use their favorite NNTP newsreader to access the newsgroups at
NewsGuy, or they can use Direct Read News to read, post, and download
newsgroup content with their favorite web browser."

not free though

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Ted Heise

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Feb 15, 2021, 6:13:58 AM2/15/21

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Mike, can you not configure NewsTap lite to post to aioe.org?
For posting from my iPhone, yrNews allows me to post directly to
my main news server (panix.com).

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badgolferman

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Feb 15, 2021, 1:54:41 PM2/15/21

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Yes, I can post with NewsTap Lite. But it has a two newsgroup limit
and if I want to post to other groups I can't do it with Google Groups.
I don't want to pay for the full version of NewsTap to get that
capability.

Neodome Admin

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Feb 22, 2021, 7:16:17 PM2/22/21

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<https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=1021&group=alt.free.newsservers#1021>

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yamo'

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Feb 23, 2021, 3:45:27 AM2/23/21

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Hi,

badgolferman a tapoté le 14/02/2021 03:48:

> Are there any Google Groups alternatives which can be accessed from a
> mobile browser? Google no longer allows posting from a mobile browser
> for some silly reason. I'd like the option of posting, not just
> reading when using my phone.

There is the NewsPortal project :
<https://gitlab.com/yamo-nntp/newsportal>
<https://gitlab.com/yamo-nntp/newsportal/-/tags/0.51>

For a newsmaster it is really simple to install it.

I have an instance here (for fr.*) : <http://news2web.pasdenom.info/>
Usable on a smart-phone (some work to do, forks accepted).
For security reasons this instance is read only but it is possible to
post in all languages with Newsportal.

And there is also the Nemo project (only in French at this time) :
<https://github.com/Julien-Arlandis/NemoClient> <http://news2.nemoweb.net/>

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badgolferman

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Feb 23, 2021, 7:16:38 AM2/23/21

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This appears to have a limited hierarchy of newsgroups. Too bad, it
seems nice.

Neodome Admin

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Feb 23, 2021, 4:49:15 PM2/23/21

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I think you can contact newsmaster in rocksolid.nodes newsgroup, he’s
actively monitoring rocksolid.* hierarchy. I’m pretty sure he’ll add groups
you want to see.

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