Subj : host/ip settings
To   : Accession
From : MRO
Date : Sun Apr 13 2025 16:53:30

  Re: host/ip settings
  By: Accession to MRO on Sun Apr 13 2025 01:53 pm

 >  MR> even use it.  also newsgroups are mostly binaries now.   i stopped
 >  MR> using them because it was a pain to subscribe to an indexer site and
 >  MR> then pay for a 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

When i used it years ago it was very limited and it was difficult to use on my bbs.  i forgot the exact error msg but if i posted on my bbs to the newsgroup
it would be rejected because it thought i was spoofing names.

I said this a bunch of times but there's providers where you buy a block for 10 bucks and that's pretty much a lifetime subscription if you're just doing text only and not binaries.  it's not as limited as eternal sept.

Using one of the top newsgroup providers is 100x better than eternal sept.

I use astraweb.  they are great and no BS
3 years later and i still have 24gigs left.
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