On 10/01/2016 10:12 AM, dmunz wrote:   
   > On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 4:30:36 PM UTC-6, Giallo_Vera wrote:   
   >> On 9/01/2016 4:04 PM, beth.richan@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>> This is crazy. How did any one survive a fandom in this kind of format?   
   The x files fandom is legendary.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> The internet has been all downhill since USENET. This is simplistic   
   >> perfection, and the dramatic lack of popularity over the last decade has   
   >> refined the numbers down to the truely dedicated and the criminally   
   >> insane. Using this through a web browser and google groups is definitely   
   >> uncomfortable and fiddly though, i recommend you get a proper newsgroup   
   >> program and server. Join us in the dusty annals of what was once the   
   >> dizzying future.   
   >   
   > So what are people using for USENET access these days?  I have to admit that   
   I'm lazy and mostly lurking around groups that Google lets play.  There was a   
   really good text only reader that I used with Eternal September for a long   
   time to read the    
   Supernatural group but I've lost track of that too,   
   >   
      
   Eternal September is a godsend since my ISP ditched its news server, i   
   use it with good ol' trusty Mozilla Thunderbird.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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