This newsgroup (comp.lang.python) may soon be blocked by Google Gro

[codewizard at gmail.com]

On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2:48:17 PM UTC-5, Chris Green wrote:
> codew... at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:15:16 PM UTC-5, pyotr filipivich wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >         Those of us who do not use google-groups may not notice the loss
> > > of the google groupies.
> > 
> > I use GG to read comp.lang.python because of the following combination
> > of factors. I would definitely be happier if there was another way to
> > do this, so that I wouldn't have to wade through lots of spam.
> > 
> >   - I read it from both home and work.
> > 
> >   - I can't install any additional software at work.
> > 
> >   - There is no newsgroup reader software available at work.
> > 
> >   - GG tracks read/unread status of every post. This is shared
> >     between work and home through my Google account.
> > 
> >   - When I (very rarely) post from work, I can't
> >     do it by email, since outgoing email is blocked.
> > 
> Alternative approach, what I do:-
> 
>     Run a text mode (but very capable and mouse aware) newsreader on
>     my home system, read news locally using that.
> 
>     Use ssh (is that available at worK?) to connect from work to home
>     and run the same newsreader in the same environment. If you can't
>     even ssh from work then you can always use an 'ssh from the web'
>     app from your wenb browser.
> 
> The newsreader I use is tin by the way.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green
> ·

ssh would be even a bigger problem here. As I mentioned, I can't even email
from work to the outside! All web sites that provide remote connectivity
tools are blocked.

Regards,
Igor.