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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • but they are literally the same servers operated the exact same way. a take down happens on newshosting will be reflected at the same exact time on all resellers, astraweb included. astraweb moved over to nh / omicron a few years back where prior they were their own system and i remember when the dmca thing was a big thing for them but that was like a decade+ ago. newshosting or any reseller are all connecting to the same servers, look at the IPs and how close they are, follow the traces to the same location.










  • you dont have to pay. you can get an account on google groups or eternal september or one of the other very few remaining text only servers but you get what you pay for. poor interface (google groups) or various account or posting restrictions. no binary groups, etc… for a couple of bucks, you can get better service quality, high message retention, faster speeds etc. it costs significant money to run these servers now with all the bandwidth and hard drives.


  • Here is a good list of active groups, i am sure there are more. of course plenty of binary groups are active to. if one you like isnt that active, why not try to revive it?

    alt.culture.usenet:
    alt.fan.usenet:
    alt.obituaries:
    alt.privacy:
    alt.tv.simpsons:
    ba.broadcast:
    comp.ai:
    comp.arch:
    comp.compilers:
    comp.dcom.telecom:
    comp.infosystems.gemini:
    comp.infosystems.gopher:
    comp.lang.c++:
    comp.lang.c:
    comp.lang.forth:
    comp.lang.misc:
    comp.lang.python.announce:
    comp.lang.python:
    comp.lang.raspberry-pi:
    comp.lang.tcl:
    comp.misc:
    comp.mobile.android:
    comp.mobile.misc:
    comp.os.cpm:
    comp.os.linux.announce:
    comp.os.linux.misc:
    comp.risks:
    comp.sys.apple2:
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:
    comp.text.tex:
    comp.unix.shell:
    gnu.emacs.help:
    misc.legal.moderated:
    misc.taxes.moderated:
    news.admin.moderation:
    news.announce.important:
    news.announce.newgroups:
    news.groups.proposals:
    news.groups:
    news.software.readers:
    rec.arts.drwho:
    rec.arts.movies.current-films:
    rec.arts.sf.tv:
    rec.arts.sf.written:
    rec.autos.sport.f1:
    rec.aviation.soaring:
    rec.bicycles.tech:
    rec.food.cooking:
    rec.games.backgammon:
    rec.music.beatles:
    rec.music.classical.recordings:
    rec.radio.amateur.antenna:
    rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors:
    rec.radio.amateur.equipment:
    rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:
    rec.radio.amateur.misc:
    rec.radio.amateur.moderated:
    rec.radio.amateur.policy:
    rec.radio.amateur.space:
    rec.radio.info:
    rec.radio.shortwave:
    rec.sport.rowing:
    rec.woodworking:
    sci.astro:
    sci.electronics.design:
    sci.electronics.repair:
    sci.logic:
    sci.physics.relativity:
    sci.physics.research:
    talk.origins:
    uk.comp.sys.mac:
    uk.radio.amateur.moderated:
    uk.rec.sheds:
    uk.sci.weather: