Subj : host/ip settings
To   : MRO
From : Accession
Date : Sun Apr 13 2025 13:53:25

Hey MRO!

At some point, you wrote:

 MR> there's better ones than eternal september. i don't know why people even
 MR> use it.  also newsgroups are mostly binaries now.   i stopped using them
 MR> because it was a pain to subscribe to an indexer site and then pay for a
 MR> newsgroup provider account.  i just use torrents.

People still use Eternal September because it's one of the last free, text-only providers left. Most people here aren't interested in binaries, so if you have some sort of extensive list of *free, text-only* providers, please feel free to share.

Regards,
Nick

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