Accessing Newsgroup Archives by FTP For a very limited time (now through through mid-morning April 2nd, 2017), you may access the newsgroup archives using FTP. Here are the settings you’ll need: Host: archives.sff.net Protocol: FTP Port: 21 Encryption: Explicit FTP (also known as FTPS) Logon type: Normal/unencrypted Username: your own SFF Net username Password: yourContinue reading “SFF Newgroup Posts”
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SFF Net Going Dark
Read about it here: https://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=read&group=sff.admin.announce&artnum=935 The full text (since this blog will outlive that link): Article: 935 Subject: End of an Era From: Jeffry Dwight Date: Wed 18 Jan 2017 12:36:07p Dear SFF Netters, We are sad to announce that, after 20 years, SFF Net is going offline. Although the reasons are prosaic (increasing costs,Continue reading “SFF Net Going Dark”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 