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Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source [1] cross-platform email client, news client, RSS and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Pan a full-featured text and binary NNTP and Usenet client for Linux , FreeBSD , NetBSD , OpenBSD , OpenSolaris , and Windows .
Free Cross-platform: GPLv2+ Highly extensible using S-Lang scripts (macros) Sylpheed: GUI: Traditional newsreader Yes No No Yes Free Cross-platform: GPL–LGPL: Gtk+ tin: text-based: Traditional newsreader Yes No No No Yes Yes Free Unix-like: BSD: Free software: Unison: GUI: Combination Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes (audio only) Free macOS ...
This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include: alt.atheism — discusses atheism; alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics.
alt.binaries.slack is a Usenet newsgroup [1] [2] [3] created for the purpose of posting pictures, sounds, and utilities related to the Church of the SubGenius, [4] [5] making them available for everyone to see and hear. Because the Church of the SubGenius is well known for encouraging sick and twisted humor, the newsgroup is also home to ...
There are a number of newsgroup hierarchies outside of the Big 8 (and alt.*) that can be found on many news servers. These include non-English language groups, groups managed by companies or organizations about their products, geographic/local hierarchies, and even non-internet network boards routed into NNTP.
ISP-operated Usenet servers frequently block access to all alt.binaries.* groups to both reduce network traffic and to avoid related legal issues. Commercial Usenet service providers claim to operate as a telecommunications service, and assert that they are not responsible for the user-posted binary content transferred via their equipment.
It discontinued Usenet operation in 2024. As of May 2017, Easynews [3] appears to be the only regularly updated and reliable way to access newsgroups through a Web browser. As of December 2024, the following text-only web-based Usenet sites also exist. All are free to access but require registration to post: Narkive (read-only) [4]
News administrators are free to add any or all of the alt.sex.* newsgroups without having to worry about conflicting with the Big Seven. Likewise, any and all of the alt.binaries.* newsgroups can be accepted or rejected by administrators if they choose. Binaries are often of extremely large size, which is why administrators may choose to ...