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   Steve Hayes to bogus@purr.demon.co.uk   
   Re: Book newsgroups dying?   
   01 Jul 09 12:18:24   
   
   XPost: alt.books.beatgeneration, alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:37:34 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address   
    wrote:   
      
   >> Anyone else out there have good suggestions for free news servers that   
   >> carry these groups?  (I'd say "free or inexpensive", but I suspect   
   >> that when trying to attract newcomers to the groups it will be a lot   
   >> easier to get them to try out "free".)   
   >   
   >I'm using albasani, which has never given me any problems.   
   >   
   >I was using aioe.org before that - they went offline for a while   
   >(due to a flood, I think) but apparently they're back again and   
   >working well.   
   >   
   >I think I killfile eternal-september for almost all newsgroups -   
   >as the name suggests it was set up specifically to be a server   
   >for spammers and trolls, and it does what it says on the tin.   
      
   Ah well, then you won't see this.   
      
   Perhaps I should killfile albasini, since the name suggests that it was set up   
   specifically for scammers and phishers, by the Mafia.   
      
      
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