In keeping with history of the "Net" prefix of NetHack, this was posted to Usenet in the rec.games.roguelikes.nethack newsgroup, not a mailing list. Usenet isn't totally dead, it just seems that way from the trendier parts of the Internet. :) That newsgroup is still primary for NetHack.
But sure, there are still more traditional ways to read newsgroups than the Google Groups interface.
But sure, there are still more traditional ways to read newsgroups than the Google Groups interface.