> I'm crossposting this to ARK and rec.music.artists.reb-st-james, a
> newsgroup that seems to have had no on-topic posts for a couple of
> years, aside from a single post last October announcing a Web site
> devoted to Rebecca St. James, whoever she may be.
>
> P'raps by being crossposted there, ARK posts may still be seen by the
> forlorn who are losing access to alt.*.
>
> The problem with sci.chemistry is that it appears to be a rogue Big 8
> group, so news providers such as mine won't have it. What is needed
> is a legit Big 8 group that isn't being used. So I went looking for
> rec. and soc. groups that might not be in use and found this rec.music
> one.

>On Jun 21, 8:11 am, barb...@bookpro.com wrote:

>> I'm crossposting this to ARK and rec.music.artists.reb-st-james, a
>> newsgroup that seems to have had no on-topic posts for a couple of
>> years, aside...

> SO wegotta go looking for an alt to alt?
>
> OTOH Google Groups, which is a Go Ogle Product (tm) (r) (etc) who
> calim they "do no evil" are NOT dropping teh alt. hierarchy.
>
> Well, I'll just keep using my free Go Ogle groups subscription
> thingy which is great except it doesn't do BINARIES GROUPS (hint
> HINT!) which means no PICTURE-ORIENTED GROUPS (HINT!! HINT!!).

> It would probably be more practical for those thus affected to look
> into cheap or free alternatives. I don't know whether there still are
> any free non-Web-based Usenet alternatives, but several people here
> have mentioned relatively cheap alternatives.

> In article 4ax.com>,
> barbara@bookpro.com wrote:
>

>> It would probably be more practical for those thus affected to look
>> into cheap or free alternatives. I don't know whether there still are
>> any free non-Web-based Usenet alternatives, but several people here
>> have mentioned relatively cheap alternatives.

>
> Earlier this year teranews was still around, and still free; I would
> assume it still is and is now, but I'm not using it.

> individual.net is not free but it's liek $10 a year or something, and
> it's what I'm using.

> Glenn was apparently experimenting with using another group. I didn't
> think he meant that all of ARK should move there en masse and abandon
> ARK. Another alternative would be to crosspost between an unused Big
> 8 group and ARK. I suspect that it's not really practical to do that.
> I doubt I would remember it every time, and there's the problem of
> people whose newsreaders *don't* automatically crosspost replies. I
> don't know whether Google Groups does crossposting at all.
>
> It would probably be more practical for those thus affected to look
> into cheap or free alternatives. I don't know whether there still are
> any free non-Web-based Usenet alternatives, but several people here
> have mentioned relatively cheap alternatives.
>

> Go to www.motzarella.org.
> Register for free.
> Set your newsreader to news.motzarella.org.
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> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>

>> Go to www.motzarella.org.
>> Register for free.
>> Set your newsreader to news.motzarella.org.
>> Post.
>> I highly recommend this product and/or service.

>
> I think you may have been the person who pointed me toward
> Motzarella sometime last yearish. Anyway, I've been using it since
> then, and while it does have periodic (brief!) down-time, it's a
> perfectly good (and free!) option. I would (and have) recommend(ed) it.
>
> So, um, I second what Mr. Kuettner wrote.

> bookpro.com> schrieb :
>

>> Glenn was apparently experimenting with using another group. I didn't
>> think he meant that all of ARK should move there en masse and abandon
>> ARK. Another alternative would be to crosspost between an unused Big
>> 8 group and ARK. I suspect that it's not really practical to do that.
>> I doubt I would remember it every time, and there's the problem of
>> people whose newsreaders *don't* automatically crosspost replies. I
>> don't know whether Google Groups does crossposting at all.
>>
>> It would probably be more practical for those thus affected to look
>> into cheap or free alternatives. I don't know whether there still are
>> any free non-Web-based Usenet alternatives, but several people here
>> have mentioned relatively cheap alternatives.
>>

> Go to www.motzarella.org.
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