Keith Harris wrote:

On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 09:25:05 UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
G&L First wrote:

On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 11:28:24 PM UTC, Julian Mayes wrote:
Thanks for the warning - I shan't risk a visit to the new groups again
then.

Julian
I had no choice Julian.
You'll be put there by google.
The old classic groups are no more.
They have ceased to be.
Len
I've always found that a proper newsreader is preferable to Google Groups.
I use XanaNews.

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I'll have a look at that one later. I used to use Monzilla Thunderbird.
Google I find is a bit chunky at times, if you know what I mean.

Thanks

Keith (Southend)

I use XanaNews software with the News.Individual.Net news-server. I've been
using that setup ever since u.s.w. started.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 07:48:08 UTC, Metman2012 wrote:
On 11/11/2020 23:35, G&L First wrote:
On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 11:28:24 PM UTC, Julian Mayes wrote:
Thanks for the warning - I shan't risk a visit to the new groups again then.

Julian
I had no choice Julian.
You'll be put there by google.
The old classic groups are no more.
They have ceased to be.
Len

Knowing it was going to happen sooner or later I've been using it for a
while. As I don't use labels this hasn't been an issue for me, but I
understand that others do use them. Hopefully Google will improve this
(don't other groups use them?). I can post photos without the issues
that Norman has had, so I can understand that he might not be happy.
The only constant is change after all. Whether we like it or not....

I'm quite happy with the new groups. There's nothing about it that particularly worries me. I've never quite grasped the anti google thing on this newsgroup, which can be rather patronising at times (though not in this thread!). A lot of it seems to be tradition (you can't beat MS-DOS, Supercalc & Wordstar after all) & how uk.sci.weather started. It was a while before I switched to Google Groups.

I've been flipping between the 2 for a while. A big advantage with the new Groups is that when I post photos, I no longer have to worry about resizing them (though it's probably still best to do so) Google Groups can now do it for me.

In fact, I tend to post more on Weather & Climate now, as I'd rather include images than links.

Graham
Penzance

On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 09:40:21 UTC, wrote:
On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 07:48:08 UTC, Metman2012 wrote:
On 11/11/2020 23:35, G&L First wrote:
On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 11:28:24 PM UTC, Julian Mayes wrote:
Thanks for the warning - I shan't risk a visit to the new groups again then.

Julian
I had no choice Julian.
You'll be put there by google.
The old classic groups are no more.
They have ceased to be.
Len

Knowing it was going to happen sooner or later I've been using it for a
while. As I don't use labels this hasn't been an issue for me, but I
understand that others do use them. Hopefully Google will improve this
(don't other groups use them?). I can post photos without the issues
that Norman has had, so I can understand that he might not be happy.
The only constant is change after all. Whether we like it or not....
I'm quite happy with the new groups. There's nothing about it that particularly worries me. I've never quite grasped the anti google thing on this newsgroup, which can be rather patronising at times (though not in this thread!). A lot of it seems to be tradition (you can't beat MS-DOS, Supercalc & Wordstar after all) & how uk.sci.weather started. It was a while before I switched to Google Groups.

I've been flipping between the 2 for a while. A big advantage with the new Groups is that when I post photos, I no longer have to worry about resizing them (though it's probably still best to do so) Google Groups can now do it for me.

In fact, I tend to post more on Weather & Climate now, as I'd rather include images than links.

Graham
Penzance

I've found a FreeNews Server 'nntp.aioe.org' and got into uk.sci.weather using Mozilla Thunderbird. I also subscribe to 'Weather and Climate', but this one doesn't appear on the list(s) when I search, am I right in thinking that it won't or am I missing something.

I'll have a few test today on uk.sci.weather using this new news server and Thunderbird. This one is posted using google...

Keith (Southend)

In message ,
Keith Harris writes
I've found a FreeNews Server 'nntp.aioe.org' and got into
uk.sci.weather using Mozilla Thunderbird. I also subscribe to 'Weather
and Climate', but this one doesn't appear on the list(s) when I search,
am I right in thinking that it won't or am I missing something.

You're right. Groups that were specifically set up on Google Groups are
only available there.


I'll have a few test today on uk.sci.weather using this new news server
and Thunderbird. This one is posted using google...

Good luck!
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