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   Peter Ceresole to Steve Hayes   
   Re: Book newsgroups dying?   
   01 Jul 09 11:41:09   
   
   XPost: alt.books.beatgeneration, alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: peter@cara.demon.co.uk   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:37:34 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >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.   
      
   Boys! Boys!   
      
   Criminality, yet? How about if it was set up by Dick Cheney?   
   --   
   Peter   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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