In message <uqj3u6$2ouf5$
2...@dont-email.me> at Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:22:45,
Marco Moock <
mm+use...@dorfdsl.de> writes
>This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that
>newsgroup using Google Groups.
I think you mean _this_ newsgroup (rather than _that_).
>
>Google will discontinue Groups in Feb 2024.
On the 22nd, apparently.
NNTP is the protocol. Don't let the word "account" worry you - money
does not have to be involved.
>
>For most servers, authentication must be enforced in the newsreader's
>settings.
Though that's no different to using google groups, AFAIK.
Also, many news servers have a webpage specifically about setting up
with the common readers - for example, I think eternal-september has a
page on how to set it up with Thunderbird.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
What has happened since 1979, I suspect, is that the spotting of mistakes has
become entirely associated with mean-spiritedness, snobbishness and
judgementalism. But...can be...funny and interesting.
Lynn Truss, RT 2015/2/21-27