Newbie

[Adrian Channing]

Getting started

[LucLan]

On 01.02.2024 17:54, Adrian Channing wrote:
> Getting started

Welcome !
Enjoy your stay.

[Kyonshi]

[Sn!pe]

Adrian Channing <AdrianC...@aol.com> wrote:

> Getting started

Hi, welcome and have fun.

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[Marco Moock]

Am 01.02.2024 15:54 Uhr schrieb Adrian Channing:

> Getting started

Welcome!

Do you see all groups or only eternal-september.*?
If so, you can start subscribing to groups with topics you are
interested.

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kind regards
Marco

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[LucLan]

On 01.02.2024 20:22, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 01.02.2024 15:54 Uhr schrieb Adrian Channing:
>
>> Getting started
>
> Welcome!
>
> Do you see all groups or only eternal-september.*?
> If so, you can start subscribing to groups with topics you are
> interested.
>

Do you suggest any interesting group?

[Marco Moock]

I can, but you should tell more about your interests and languages
you speak.

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Gruß

[LucLan]

On 01.02.2024 21:21, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 01.02.2024 20:57 Uhr schrieb LucLan:
>
>> On 01.02.2024 20:22, Marco Moock wrote:
>>> Am 01.02.2024 15:54 Uhr schrieb Adrian Channing:
>>>
>>>> Getting started
>>>
>>> Welcome!
>>>
>>> Do you see all groups or only eternal-september.*?
>>> If so, you can start subscribing to groups with topics you are
>>> interested.
>>>
>>
>> Do you suggest any interesting group?
>
> I can, but you should tell more about your interests and languages
> you speak.
>

I speak English and French.
Interests, I don't where to start, from 486 to raspbery pi, and from
ms-dos to linux. maybe some ham radio and gaming.

[LucLan]

I can handle German topics too.

[Kyonshi]

well, there's thousands of interesting groups. many of them empty.

[Marco Moock]

Dann schau mal de.* und ger.* an, da gibt es viele aktive Gruppen.

[Marco Moock]

Am 01.02.2024 21:25 Uhr schrieb LucLan:

> I speak English and French.
> Interests, I don't where to start, from 486 to raspbery pi, and from
> ms-dos to linux. maybe some ham radio and gaming.

Have a look at the groups in comp.*, there is a raspi group, some Linux
groups.
In alt.*, some active computer groups exist too, but most of the groups
in alt.* are empty.
rec.radio.* is about radio, some ham groups exist.

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kind regards

[Blueshirt]

Empty is no problem if you've got something to say. Say it, and see
if anybody replies.

After all, a room can be empty before you walk in it... but it's not
empty then!

[LucLan]

On 01.02.2024 21:58, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 01.02.2024 21:25 Uhr schrieb LucLan:
>
>> I speak English and French.
>> Interests, I don't where to start, from 486 to raspbery pi, and from
>> ms-dos to linux. maybe some ham radio and gaming.
>
> Have a look at the groups in comp.*, there is a raspi group, some Linux
> groups.
> In alt.*, some active computer groups exist too, but most of the groups
> in alt.* are empty.
> rec.radio.* is about radio, some ham groups exist.
>

vielen Dank

[David W. Hodgins]

On Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:58:43 -0500, Marco Moock <mm+s...@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

> Am 01.02.2024 21:25 Uhr schrieb LucLan:
>
>> I speak English and French.
>> Interests, I don't where to start, from 486 to raspbery pi, and from
>> ms-dos to linux. maybe some ham radio and gaming.
>
> Have a look at the groups in comp.*, there is a raspi group, some Linux
> groups.
> In alt.*, some active computer groups exist too, but most of the groups
> in alt.* are empty.
> rec.radio.* is about radio, some ham groups exist.

A lot of the alt groups are not empty. I'm subscribed to the following linux
related groups.

$ ls -1 |grep -e linux -e shell
alt.comp.linux
alt.comp.os.linux
alt.linux
alt.os.linux
alt.os.linux.mageia
alt.os.linux.pclinuxos
comp.os.linux.hardware
comp.os.linux.misc
comp.os.linux.networking
comp.os.linux.security
comp.os.linux.setup
comp.unix.shell

Some of those rarely see articles, some frequently, but they are all active to
some degree.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[LucLan]

Thanks Dave for sharing.

[Kyonshi]

well, no. And I noticed that sometimes groups that lay dormant for ages
spring to live when you ask the right question. Of course sometimes they
spring to live with people berating you for asking stupid questions. But
well, that's usenet.

[Blueshirt]

Kyonshi wrote:
>
> I noticed that sometimes groups that lay dormant for ages
> spring to live when you ask the right question.

The best way to test if a newsgroup is dead or just dormant is to
post a two word message saying "just testing" with "Test" as the
subject title... click send and then go and put the kettle on.

Generally, somebody will reply fairly promptly and point out the
error of your ways. So that means the group is dormant but there are
people lurking.

If you get no replies from the helpful Usenet police officers after
60 hours, then that group is well and truly dead and definitely
beyond resurrection. Unsubscribe!

Simples! ;-)

[sticks]

IMO, this is a ridiculous way to do it. Why would you enter a forum and
piss everybody off with a unnecessary test message. That's not a question.
Just send a post to the group you wish to participate in and ask if
there is anyone subscribed who cares to have conversation on the theme
of the group. Perhaps give a sample of the things you would like to
discuss. You can even ask a question and answer in a followup yourself
to get things going.
Doing a Test post is not going to get the same kind of response.


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NOTE: If you use Google Groups I don't see you,
unless you're whitelisted and that's doubtful.

[Daniel65]

Marco Moock wrote on 2/2/24 6:58 am:

> Am 01.02.2024 21:25 Uhr schrieb LucLan:
>
>> I speak English and French.
>> Interests, I don't where to start, from 486 to raspbery pi, and from
>> ms-dos to linux. maybe some ham radio and gaming.
>
> Have a look at the groups in comp.*, there is a raspi group, some Linux
> groups.
> In alt.*, some active computer groups exist too,

e.g. alt.os.linux and alt.os.linux.mageia of that floats your boat!!

> but most of the groups
> in alt.* are empty.

Yeap, unfortunately .... but if YOU, LucLan, were to make a post, YOU
might be responsible for them re-activating!! ;-P

> rec.radio.* is about radio, some ham groups exist.
>
--

Daniel

[Dan Purgert]

On 2024-02-05, s|b wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:54:15 +0000, Adrian Channing wrote:
>
>> Getting started
>

> aol.com
>
> Really?

(1) rude.
(2) Just chuckle a little bit that they're also posting via ES :)

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[Sn!pe]

s|b <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 11:54:28 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert wrote:
>
> > (1) rude.
>
> I was thinking about:
>
> <AOL>
>
> </AOL>
>
> I haven't experienced this myself, but I'm familiar with the expression.

>
> > (2) Just chuckle a little bit that they're also posting via ES :)
>

> That's what I was aiming for, although my guess is that the address is
> forged.
>

I began life online with Compu$erve before they opened their gateway
to the Internet proper. Then I switched to a real Internet provider
just before Compu$erve were borged by America On Line. That was
when the real hordes of the great unwashed started trampling all over
the place and the Eternal September really began.

One of the AOL users' annoying characteristics was "me too" and
"I agree" posting, commonly disparaged as "Agreeing Out Loud",
hence <AOL> and </AOL> faux HTML tags to mock AOL posters'
newbie posting habits.