it's sad people still use LISTSERV.

damn it! part of my snark got cut off.
*ahem*

It's sad people still use LISTSERV.

/Sent from PINE

//slashies for fun

The University of Kentucky still uses LISTSERV... Got an email from them yesterday I think.

does that mean people can start calling "Mailing lists" LISTSERVs again? Cause there was one of those stupid cease and desists a couple of years back.

I miss dialing into the library system and setting up a terminal emulation.

/kids today with their onions on their belts bah!

whither_apophis: /kids today with their iOnions on their iBelts bah!
/fify

mr lawson: it's sad people still use LISTSERV.

Its sad that people still use AOL

They're "not shutting down LISTSERV.".. LISTERV is mailing list software. Some company named LSoft makes it. They're shutting down the listerv.aol.com mailing list host.

This reminded me that I signed up for pg_hackers years ago, tagged it in gmail and totally forgot about it. I just checked it for the first time in years and I have 14,651 unread emails from it. Guess I got some reading to do.

/ haven't used pgsql in over four years
// bring back Usenet access!

In other news, AOL is still around, no doubt feasting upon the tributes still being paid by people who once loaded the "free" trial from a disk, be it floppy or compact, and foolishly entered their credit card numbers. Sometimes even more than once.

No seriously, I know several people who had TWO AOL fees taken out of their credit card every month for several years after they used up their trial.

Noooooo! Not LISTSERV. :(

Next thing you know, they'll shut down mIRC, USENET, Prodigy... then, next thing you know, I won't be able to play Trade Wars 2002 or LORD anymore.

ragekage: Noooooo! Not LISTSERV. :(

Next thing you know, they'll shut down mIRC, USENET, Prodigy... then, next thing you know, I won't be able to play Trade Wars 2002 or LORD anymore.

How could they "shut" down mIRC. It's a program. And IRC is still around. Guess what, anybody could operate an IRC server.

Splinshints: // bring back Usenet access!

Psst... (new window)

/free accounts are limited to 2 connections and 1mbit download
//still better than nothing

HeartBurnKid: Splinshints: // bring back Usenet access!

Psst... (new window)

/free accounts are limited to 2 connections and 1mbit download
//still better than nothing

Subscribed :D

HeartBurnKid: Psst... (new window)

/free accounts are limited to 2 connections and 1mbit download
//still better than nothing

Whoohoo!

When I get home tonight I'm going to remind myself why I stopped using Usenet in the first place!

Does this mean we will get the free CDs in the mail again we can use for coasters, mobiles, and BB gun targets

/still uses mIRC
//get off my lawn

mr lawson: damn it! part of my snark got cut off.
*ahem*

It's sad people still use LISTSERV.

/Sent from PINE

//slashies for fun

See, that doesn't happen when you use the snark punctuation mark.

Kar98: ragekage: Noooooo! Not LISTSERV. :(

Next thing you know, they'll shut down mIRC, USENET, Prodigy... then, next thing you know, I won't be able to play Trade Wars 2002 or LORD anymore.

How could they "shut" down mIRC. It's a program. And IRC is still around. Guess what, anybody could operate an IRC server.

serial_crusher: This thread is lame.

UNSUBSCRIBE

That needs to go in the subject line not the message body.

/Probably depends on the version.

This is not the USENET you are looking for.

Anyone else remember getting online many years ago, discovering lists and subscribing to so many that your inbox became hell to mange and you ended up deleting most of the lists without reading? Also forgetting to set a list for digest and getting 300 emails about KD Laing's sex life? Me neither.

Sneakernet still works well enough for me.

Now, could you guys quit posting here? It's getting a little close to 1.44MB...

Remember when I almost managed that, email and the others along with IM for AOL...

I passed...but the numbers/sizes were crazy back then.
AOL was in it's hey-day.

/interesting...I wonder if it would have been good? nah...my instincts were always on.

rogue49: Remember when I almost managed that, email and the others along with IM for AOL...

I passed...but the numbers/sizes were crazy back then.
AOL was in it's hey-day.

/interesting...I wonder if it would have been good? nah...my instincts were always on.

Oh yeah, and if I remember correctly...they were all on Sybase...VERY large Sybase databases.

I'm still crying about FidoNet.

Now if you'll excuse me, it's almost mail hour, I have to plug in my acoustic modem. Someone might be trying to mail me, tonight for sure...

Ass Exploder: I'm still crying about FidoNet.

Now if you'll excuse me, it's almost mail hour, I have to plug in my acoustic modem. Someone might be trying to mail me, tonight for sure...

Are you sure you're not me? I was going to make a very similar comment. Which one of us should get off the other's lawn?

/300 baud ought to be enough for anyone.

NuclearPenguins: Ass Exploder: I'm still crying about FidoNet.

Now if you'll excuse me, it's almost mail hour, I have to plug in my acoustic modem. Someone might be trying to mail me, tonight for sure...

Are you sure you're not me? I was going to make a very similar comment. Which one of us should get off the other's lawn?

/300 baud ought to be enough for anyone.

I'm... me?

NuclearPenguins: /300 baud ought to be enough for anyone.

Oh yeah.

If the issue is that you need groups that work anywhere in the world, even on crappy, unstable connections, on an ad-hoc network that's impossible to censor, this is what Usenet is for, and it's why Usenet still has thousands upon thousands of active groups.

If you just need a mailing list, get better software. LISTSERV is *ancient*, and unlike Usenet, it has been utterly replaced by superior tech. There's really no excuse for not having upgraded to something better some time in the last 10 years. Hell, with modern scripting languages, even a fairly inexperienced programmer could roll their own and get something better.

/what's an AOL?

urban.derelict: /what's an AOL?

Give me your address and I'll mail you a cdrom disk. 1st month is free.

How will I get info on my GEnie account? How will I ever play Mechwarrior 1 PvP now?!?!?!?

.aol hosted mailing lists?

Ewwww...But then again I remember Fido & RIME, crufflers & majordomo, nn, pine & lynx.
Usenet's rec.guns & rec.pyrotechnics

/my lawn
//get off it
///add

I know there are some alt.tasteless denizens lurking around here...

minoridiot: Give me your address and I'll mail you a cdrom disk. 1st month is free.

123 Fake St.
Fakeadelphia, PA

I have no idea why, but this thread made me go check to see if bianca.com is still up.

/ It is
// Not much there

FunkOut: Almost as sad as when they just down Geocities.

There's a 625 GB torrent of an archived chunk of Geocities floating around if you're bored.

ragekage: Noooooo! Not LISTSERV. :(

Next thing you know, they'll shut down mIRC, USENET, Prodigy... then, next thing you know, I won't be able to play Trade Wars 2002 or LORD anymore.

You mean there's a Tradewars 2002? Why didn't anyone notify me of this?