diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml
index 4d93aa644c1d..139f61c2a550 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     <link xlink:href="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/15165">
+     <link xlink:href="https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl/msg13957.html">
      Nix has been updated to 1.8.</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
index 34dfe67df4bd..fa4e504c908f 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ checkout_ref(){
     if "$deepClone"; then
         # The caller explicitly asked for a deep clone.  Deep clones
         # allow "git describe" and similar tools to work.  See
-        # http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/3569
+        # https://marc.info/?l=nix-dev&m=139641582514772
         # for a discussion.
         return 1
     fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/adns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/adns/default.nix
index 0f0e30ef0f3b..76e49768d53d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/adns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/adns/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preConfigure =
     stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "sed -i -e 's|-Wl,-soname=$(SHLIBSONAME)||' configure";
 
-  # http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/1328 for details.
+  # https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@cs.uu.nl/msg01347.html for details.
   doCheck = false;
 
   postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dejagnu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dejagnu/default.nix
index 26eaf707b2bd..c04031bc41db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dejagnu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dejagnu/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Note: The test-suite *requires* /dev/pts among the `build-chroot-dirs' of
   # the build daemon when building in a chroot.  See
-  # <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/1036> for
+  # <https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@cs.uu.nl/msg01056.html> for
   # details.
 
   # The test-suite needs to have a non-empty stdin:
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ati-drivers/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ati-drivers/default.nix
index cda7e03cd066..bc35d14321b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ati-drivers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ati-drivers/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 # make sure libglx.so of ati is used. xorg.xorgserver does provide it as well
 # which is a problem because it doesn't contain the xorgserver patch supporting
 # the XORG_DRI_DRIVER_PATH env var.
-# See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/4145 for a
+# See https://marc.info/?l=nix-dev&m=139641585515351 for a
 # workaround (TODO)
 
 # The gentoo ebuild contains much more "magic" and is usually a great resource to
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 0ddfad65a7a1..c252a8748bce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform && stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "glibc") libiconv;
 
   # The tests are known broken on Cygwin
-  # (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19025),
-  # Darwin (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19351),
+  # (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19025),
+  # Darwin (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19351),
   # and {Open,Free}BSD.
   # With non-standard storeDir: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/512
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform