Update usenet news article because it's back up!

wiki/source/usenet-news.md

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 title: usenet news
 category: tutorial
+author:
+  - deepend
+  - audiodude
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-## this is out of date and the netnews server is down
+## As of 2020-04-14 news is back up!
 
-We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's up; 
+You'll need a news (NNTP) client to read news. The address is
-it's `news.tilde.club`.
+`news.tilde.club port:119`, and it is open to the internet at large. Thanks to
+[~deepend](../~deepend) for getting it set back up!
 
+## News clients
+
+### slrn
 [slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details.
 
+### pine/alpine
+
 [[pine]] can read news; this
 [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help.
 You can also read the [FAQ from U Washington](http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html).
 
-In Pine do 'S' for setup, 'C' for config, then 
+In Pine do 
-set 'NNTP Server (for news)' to news.tilde.club
+
-Then go back to the main menu, and pick Folder List,
+1. 'S' for setup, 'C' for config, then 
-A for add, ^t for list
+1. set 'NNTP Server (for news)' to news.tilde.club
+1. Then go back to the main menu, and pick Folder List,
+1. A for add, ^t for list
+
+### Emacs
 
 `M-x gnus` in [[emacs]] can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start.
 
+### lynx
+
 [[lynx]] reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers.
 
+### tin
 There is also [tin](tin.html).
+
+### Thunderbird
+If you're using Thunderbird for email, it can also be configured for news.
+
+1. Go to the `Tools` menu, -> `Account Settings`
+1. Under `Account Actions` click `Add Other Account...`
+1. Select "Newsgroup Account"
+1. Type in the name you and email address you want associated with your posts.
+   This can be your real name and tilde.club email address, or any other name
+   (like your tilde username) and any other email address.
+1. For the "Newsgroup Server" type `news.tilde.club`. Give it a name
+   ("news.tilde.club" works fine), confirm a couple of times and you're done!
+   You should see a new entry for news.tilde.club in your accounts list.
+1. Right click on "news.tilde.club" in your accounts list and click
+   `Subscribe...`
+1. You should see a dialog with a tree of news topics. Click one and click
+   `Subscribe` to subscribe to the topic. When Thunderbird is running, it will
+   periodically check for new messages to each of these topics. You will also
+   see a list of topics in your accounts list with unread counts.
+1. To post to a topic, open the topic and click the "Write" button.