meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/googleinterface?

[Esmail]

Hi all,

I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of
tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP
(TimeWarner) no longer provides usenet feeds I'm stuck.

I am not crazy about the web interface via google groups, is
there another way to read/post this in a nice threaded way,
possibly with some sort of preview? I'm also worried about
missing posts in specific threads (such as the ones I start

If you are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something
other than the regular web interface provided by google and
you are happy with it, would you share it?

Thanks.

Esmail
ps: primarily in Windows these days, though I have Ubuntu on
a VM available too frequently.
pps: I realize this is somewhat OT, but since this is what I'm
interested in reading, and didn't know where else to post,
the message ended up here.

 

[Albert Hopkins]

Hi all,

I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of
tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP
(TimeWarner) no longer provides usenet feeds I'm stuck.

I am not crazy about the web interface via google groups, is
there another way to read/post this in a nice threaded way,
possibly with some sort of preview? I'm also worried about
missing posts in specific threads (such as the ones I start

If you are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something
other than the regular web interface provided by google and
you are happy with it, would you share it?

Thanks.

Esmail
ps: primarily in Windows these days, though I have Ubuntu on
a VM available too frequently.
pps: I realize this is somewhat OT, but since this is what I'm
interested in reading, and didn't know where else to post,
the message ended up here.
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[Mark Tolonen]

Hi all,

I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of
tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP
(TimeWarner) no longer provides usenet feeds I'm stuck.

I am not crazy about the web interface via google groups, is
there another way to read/post this in a nice threaded way,
possibly with some sort of preview? I'm also worried about
missing posts in specific threads (such as the ones I start

If you are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something
other than the regular web interface provided by google and
you are happy with it, would you share it?

I use the news.gmane.org usenet feeds.

-Mark

 

[Esmail]

Thank you Mark and Albert, exactly the sort of information
I was looking for.

Cheers,
Esmail

 

[Terry Reedy]

I use the news.gmane.org usenet feeds.

Ditto, with T-bird. Just add a newsgroup account with news.gmane.org or
snews.gmane.org (for ssl) as the server and set the rest as you please.

gmane.comp.python.general is a mirror of python-list, from python.org,
with its spam filtering that exclude most of the crap from gmail and
g-groups. gmane mirrors 1000s of other technical mailing lists,
including about 200 under g.c.python. I think its downtime is under 1%
and never terribly long that I have noticed in several years.

Terry Jan Reedy

 

[Esmail]

Ditto, with T-bird. Just add a newsgroup account with news.gmane.org or
snews.gmane.org (for ssl) as the server and set the rest as you please.

gmane.comp.python.general is a mirror of python-list, from python.org,
with its spam filtering that exclude most of the crap from gmail and
g-groups. gmane mirrors 1000s of other technical mailing lists,
including about 200 under g.c.python. I think its downtime is under 1%
and never terribly long that I have noticed in several years.

Thanks Terry, I appreciate all the help and info.

Esmail

 

[Aahz]

I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of
tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP
(TimeWarner) no longer provides usenet feeds I'm stuck.

You have options for paid usenet feeds. Personally, I like my ISP
(panix.com), but you can also just get a plain feed from e.g. Newsguy.
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refer to comments in code as 'lies'. "
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[skip]

aahz> You have options for paid usenet feeds. Personally, I like my ISP
aahz> (panix.com), but you can also just get a plain feed from
aahz> e.g. Newsguy.

Sorry, I don't recall seeing the original message, so maybe this has already
been suggested, but is Gmane a possibility? Also, you can always subscribe
to (e-mail address removed) and read it via email.