web access to newsgroups

[D]

always best to use a dedicated newsreader for connecting with nntp servers,
but rocksolid works great for web access to newsgroups, with "show headers"
checkbox for article reference . . . for the past couple of weeks noticing
more links to "novabbs.com" appearing in usenet newsgroup citations (since
google announced their planned closure of google2news this coming february)

https://www.novabbs.com/common/connect.php
>Clearnet Newsreader Access:
>Approximately 42,000 Usenet text groups
>Create an account on www.i2pn2.org (it's free)
>Direct your news client to: news.i2pn2.org:119 or 563
>Using i2p or Tor?
>Create an account on:
>rslight.i2p
>or
>fev4bgoasgxttqb3x3tukxxia6lwryteq6a2ramqb2gjiol3zbu6xaid.onion
>Connect your news client here:
>v77lu6t26velvaddm4gibyzd5sogskuczp7vwoc4vxmukvvaucva.b32.i2p
>or
>tk4pwu574u4zrndofwx7dtlh2g2swauhtfblyrbhzxypznomgxxhgqyd.onion:119
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see also:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rocksolid+usenet
e.g. using Tor Browser 13.0.8 w/ meek bridge
https://rocksolidbbs.com/rocksolid/index.php

[Chuck]

Great info, I just signed up and it works as advertised... I would recommend it.
Cant beat the price. (free that is)

chuck

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[D]

news server admins in other newsgroups (e.g., news.admin.net-abuse.usenet
news.admin.peering, news.software.nntp, alt.free.newsservers, alt.privacy.
anon-server) have discussed many topics related to usenet servers, mostly
too technical for the layman and retired hobbyist (little old me included)
to be concerned with, but also talking about whether the googlegroups.com
usenet archive could be made available on account of its historical value,
or even rebuilt from scratch such as dejanews had started off the project?
thus a read-only (no posting), fully-searchable, web-based usenet archive
might be feasible, but even if it were would it be worth that much effort?
it's a complex issue, but the availability of free newsservers that allow
posting are what made usenet popular to begin with, and with googlegroups
being shuttered more users will be looking for servers that allow posting