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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: new dedicated mailing list,
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Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> Peter Hermann wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>> Alex R. Mosteo <alejan...@mosteo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess people using usenet through newsreaders is going constantly down
> 
> I stopped using a newsreader for comp.lang.ada (emacs with gnus,
> namely) only when my stupid ISP stopped providing NNTP support.
> Unfortunately, all other ISPs where I live did the same. I would
> gladly revert to using emacs if given the chance.

Indeed, the sad state of nntp servers is certainly a hurdle. My ISP has a 
news server, but it's so unreliable as to be folly to use it; you lose half 
the discussion. I'm actually paying for a text-only news service.

http://news.individual.net/

But I have just read the post from Simon which looks great. When I started 
subscribing I couldn't find any decent free server.

>> I would prefer to handle  debian-ada
>> either as a newsgroup by means of tin or thunderbird
>> (or else as mailing list, but how to join?)
> 
> It is already a mailing list; please refer to my initial announcement
> for a pointer to  the subscription page.
> 
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.