To: andrew

andrew wrote to news.software.readers <=-

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive
memories of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I don't think I could ever claim to be a member of the "slrn mafia", but
I did dabble with it (and slrnpull) years ago when I was quite active on Usenet. Nowadays I occasionally read some groups with Pan on Linux, but
don't post much at all. I monitor a few groups now (incl this one) via
a Usenet feed to my BBS. Yes, BBSes are still a thing... :-)

Anyway, I remember you from all those years ago, and how much you
supported 'slrn'. I was the guy who called people 'Windroids' a lot, in reference to my love for Linux. Thanks for all you did to help others
with slrn and with Usenet in general. Take care and best regards.



... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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On 2025-07-03, Harold Stevens <wookie@aspen.localdomain> wrote:

In Message-ID: <20250703102452.291@skamandros.andrews-corner.org> andrew:

Hi, Andrew. Thanks for your contributions. I appreciate all of them, even
if I didn't have much use for the Windows portion. :)

Great job all around.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

Someone had to clean up messes made by the Darkside. :)

rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

This in particular I appreciate very much.

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I started following Usenet in the early 1990's via a corporate proxy when
I was at work, and a dialup ISP at home (on xrn IIRC).

I continue to follow a few Usenet groups via ($) Usenet Server.

FWIW, the trolling and spam in groups I follow has mostly moved to "social networks" like Facepuke (I escaped all that bedlam 10+ years ago).

I still find useful tips and information on the Usenet groups I follow.

Anyway: thanks again for being the Voice Of Reason for The Slrn Mafia. :)

Hear! Hear!

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My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I
rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Andrew
--
You think that's air you're breathing now?

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I am still using slrn. No reason not to since it work quickly and well.
(On Linux mind you not windows.)
Using it with eternal-september as my (free) netnews source.
Not sure why you do not just switch to that, rather than abandoning
Usenet.

On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Andrew

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In Message-ID: <20250703102452.291@skamandros.andrews-corner.org> andrew:

Hi, Andrew. Thanks for your contributions. I appreciate all of them, even
if I didn't have much use for the Windows portion. :)

Great job all around.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

Someone had to clean up messes made by the Darkside. :)

rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

This in particular I appreciate very much.

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I started following Usenet in the early 1990's via a corporate proxy when
I was at work, and a dialup ISP at home (on xrn IIRC).

I continue to follow a few Usenet groups via ($) Usenet Server.

FWIW, the trolling and spam in groups I follow has mostly moved to "social networks" like Facepuke (I escaped all that bedlam 10+ years ago).

I still find useful tips and information on the Usenet groups I follow.

Anyway: thanks again for being the Voice Of Reason for The Slrn Mafia. :)

--
Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS *
Pardon any bogus email addresses (wookie) in place for spambots.
Really, it's (wyrd) at att, dotted with net. * DO NOT SPAM IT. *
I toss (404) GoogleGroup (404 http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/).

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On 3 Jul 2025 00:33:14 GMT,
andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal
soon and after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular
here on NSR, I will be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on
and take only positive memories of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place
for a little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had
a huge amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount
of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so
what are your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Hi Andrew,

I think we've bumped into each other from time to time over the
years. In case I've never said so, I also appreciate your
thoughful contributions to the community. Thank you!

I started on Usenet in the early 90s via a shell account on a
VMS/DEC system that soon after morphed to a unix platform. I
think I started using slrn soon after, so it's probably been close
to 30 years.

I'm sure you're aware of other Usenet options, but I keep access
via various shell accounts. Panix has one for a fair price, and
the newsfeed is included. Nyx has a free option, and I think
they're still alive and kicking.

--
Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Andrew

You could always change to eternal-september,org for free.

I first used slrn in 1995 with a dial up UNIX shell account.
I complied it along with PINE email for use with my shell
account. I still use slrn & slrnpull on my linux system.
I did run slrn on windoze, but not slrnpull.

Thanks for your support over the years.

Best Regards,

Keith

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

Windows?

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Yes! I'm using it from Linux and Android (in a Termux shell).
My plans are to continue as usual on Linux, and if a good app
becomes available on Android, I'll switch to that.

Andrew

--
Ingrate, n.:
A man who bites the hand that feeds him, and then complains of
indigestion.

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I'm an old guy, sure, a long-time Usenet user, and ages ago a news admin, but have been using slrn for only a couple of years.

Slackware distributions come with multiple newsreaders preinstalled. slrn was the one that checked all my boxes:

- NNTP authentication
- can kill articles by Injection-Info header
- actively maintained

Cheers
Edward

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On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 21:53:38 -0000 (UTC),
De ongekruisigde ds. <ongekruisigde-ds@ongekruisigde-ds.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

Windows?

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Yes! I'm using it from Linux and Android (in a Termux shell).
My plans are to continue as usual on Linux, and if a good app
becomes available on Android, I'll switch to that.

FWIW, I've used PhoNews for occassional checking in on a few of my
newsgroups, though I couldn't tolerate its somewhat limited
capabilities for all my reading needs. It's not bad.

--
Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

Why spend so much ?

In 10 years of daily Usenet use I have eaten only one fourth of
may $10 Astraweb 25GB block account allowance:

<https://www.astraweb.com/>

And with Astraweb you get also the binaries ...

I will leave my guide to compiling slrn under Windows in place for a
little longer:

slrn and Windows 10...
https://www.andrews-corner.org/slrn-windows.html

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here?

Still onboard, on Linux.

With slrn I feel I'm still in control of my PC
(for example, Thunderbird has some strange interactions
with Firefox).
slrn never freezes me at the console.

And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Carry on as usual :-)

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andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

And thank you for that!

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Yep. Still using slrn, still only have linux as an OS. Usenet is
mostly dead, but I check it every once in a while. Previous ISP
dropped it a long time ago, switched to paid Newsguy, then e-s years
ago when I realised I never came quote to using all the bandwidth and
didn't care for binaries.


Phil
--
AH#61 Wolf#14 BS#89 bus#1 CCB#1 SENS KOTC#4
philb@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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Edward McGuire <metaed@metaed.com> wrote at 21:48 this Thursday (GMT):

On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I'm an old guy, sure, a long-time Usenet user, and ages ago a news admin, but have been using slrn for only a couple of years.

Slackware distributions come with multiple newsreaders preinstalled. slrn was the one that checked all my boxes:

- NNTP authentication
- can kill articles by Injection-Info header
- actively maintained

Cheers
Edward

I like it's ui and slrnpull.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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On 2025-07-10, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Edward McGuire <metaed@metaed.com> wrote at 21:48 this Thursday (GMT):

On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

I'm an old guy, sure, a long-time Usenet user, and ages ago a news admin, but
have been using slrn for only a couple of years.

Slackware distributions come with multiple newsreaders preinstalled. slrn was
the one that checked all my boxes:

- NNTP authentication
- can kill articles by Injection-Info header
- actively maintained

Cheers
Edward

I like it's ui and slrnpull.

Ditto, it's a bit like Emacs, but far faster than GNUs.

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

My subscription with individual.net is coming up for renewal soon and
after many, many years on Usenet, and in particular here on NSR, I will
be allowing it to lapse. Time to move on and take only positive memories
of my time here.

I'm unsure why you're just letting it all go. Free providers are there,
cheap providers exist if you need binaries. But that's a you decision.

<snip>

I am not sure if anyone ever actually used this guide but I had a huge
amount of fun putting it together :). And a huge amount of time when I rewrote the slrn web site all those years ago...

Ahh, that *was* you, thought I recognised the name.

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here? And if so what are
your future plans on Usenet and NSR?

Well, while not especially active, I first used slrn when I installed
installed it on a VMS back in 1994. Have been using it, off and on, ever
since -- mainly because to me, slrn _is_ news.

I have my own INN2 server now, with a small number of (mostly) active
groups coming in from the outside, and while I read a lot, I don't
always participate in the way that I used to. I'll keep it running as
long as I can, though.

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On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here?

I check in from time to time with slrn (linux). Started out on pine on SunOS/Solaris. Then went to tin for a while, thence to slrn.

I am a bit sad that web forums took over the role that usenet used to play.


--
frater mus

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On 2025-08-18, fratermus <i3maqq0cd@mozmail.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-03, andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> wrote:

Are there many of the old time slrn users left here?

I check in from time to time with slrn (linux). Started out on pine on SunOS/Solaris. Then went to tin for a while, thence to slrn.

I am a bit sad that web forums took over the role that usenet used to play.

Yes, people prefer pop up ads over free discussions. Although a flaw
in the original Usenet was to allow crossposting.

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