Re: Newsgrouper Update

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:07:49 GMT, Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

I've made some updates to Newsgrouper, my web interface to Usenet.
It's now at https://newsgrouper.org.uk and the old url will redirect there.
The display of a thread is redesigned. If Javascript is enabled you can
navigate a thread with the keyboard:
- RightArrow will jump to the next message in the thread.
- LeftArrow will jump to the previous message in the thread.
- 'n' will jump to the next New message in the thread.
- 'v' will View the raw source of the current message.
There is a facility to block all posts from annoying people, like the
traditional "kill file", see "Block Poster" at the bottom of the article
display and the general "Preferences".
At the bottom of the list of threads for a group there is now a
"Find Articles" button which can search through 20 years worth of posts
for a specific string (or glob pattern) in the Subject or From field.

very nice!

(using Tor Browser 14.0)
https://newsgrouper.org.uk

...
https://newsgrouper.org.uk/news.software.readers
...

e.g. this article . . .

Newsgrouper Update Colin Macleod 24 Oct 2 1
https://newsgrouper.org.uk/news.software.readers/36312
From: Colin Macleod
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Newsgrouper Update
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:07:49 GMT
...

clicked "view source" and headers appear complete:

Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!newsgrouper.org.uk!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Newsgrouper Update
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:07:49 GMT
Message-ID: <1729782469-7@newsgrouper.org.uk>
Injection-Info: newsgrouper.org.uk; mail-complaints-to="newsgrouper@yahoo.com"; posting-account=user7
Injection-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:07:49 GMT
User-Agent: Newsgrouper/0.6.1
Xref: news.eternal-september.org news.software.readers:36312

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https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

Newsgrouper
A web interface to Usenet discussion groups (no binaries)
Find groups to read
Including this Text: Matching this Pattern:
In the Group Name In the Description
Find an article by message-id
Message-Id: (this has the form <random-stuff@some.site>)

searched for several random message-ids copied from "blueworld" server,
starting with the oldest first . . . (twenty-one years ago, 2003/07/01)

From: Allan Girvan <allangirvan@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Let's Start a XanaNews Thread
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:20:42 +0100
Message-ID: <bdqnl9.2ag.1@ID-66775.user.dfncis.de>

newsgrouper search returned "article not found". . .

Article with message-id: <bdqnl9.2ag.1@ID-66775.user.dfncis.de>
Article Not Found.

tested several more recent articles . . .

From: Colin Macleod <user7@cmacleod.me.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Newsgrouper - a web interface to Usenet (text only)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 24 22:01:55 GMT
Message-ID: <1708034515-1637776@cmacleod.me.uk>

again, newsgrouper search shows "article not found". . .

Article with message-id: <1708034515-1637776@cmacleod.me.uk>
Article Not Found.

otherwise, it's a user-friendly web interface and includes 1000s
more newsgroups than novabbs' "rocksolid light" (477 newsgroups);

also, it was easy to block a known troll in another newsgroup by
opening one of their articles and clicking "block poster" at the
bottom of the window, then refresh article list . . . and viola,
the preferences shows the entry and it really works ... awesome!