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From: your.name@isp.com
In article
<7045c4f8-2ce6-4336-ac9c-7d73df126db0@f30g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
SFTV_troy wrote:
>
> Most of those groups are for defunct shows like alt.tv.sliders or
> rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap. They don't get many postings because
> there's nothing new to talk about, and even on websites dedicated to
> these shows, the forums see little activity.
>
> It would probably be a good idea to remove old groups for defunct TV
> shows. Or defunct systems like rec.games.atari2600
Empty newsgroups take up negligible space on the server, so removing them
achieves very little except to trim down the list.
If you did remove the unused and plain idiotic newsgroups, then the 30,000
newsgroups (listed on my newsserver) would probably come down to about
5,000.
> > the choices are the few free hosts
>
> There are free hosts? I would love to get off Google Groups and
> switch to using a reader like thunderbird or Seamonkey.
There are quite a few free newsservers and there are websites that keep
lists of them. Many are limited in some way (fewer newsgroups, restricted
/ no posting, etc.) and most are shutdown or locked pretty quickly once
they get known and overused. A google search for "free newsserver" will
turn up many examples (although some of those are "free trial").
I sometimes have to find and use one when my hopeless ISP's newsserver yet
again falls over, often for days at a time.
There are one or two more reliable free newsservers, but at least one asks
for your credit card details despite claiming to be free ... which, if you
have a working brain, makes you wonder and stay away from.
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