XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 2/3/2023 9:05 AM, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > "Rink"  wrote   
   >   
   > | You can still read the microsoft.* hierarchy on the newsservers:   
   > | - paganini.bofh.team   
   > | - freenews.netfront.net   
   > |   
   > | Both are free newsservers.   
   > | If you can post, I don't know, because I do not follow microsoft.*   
   > | groups anymore.   
   > |   
   >   
   >    I just tried Netfront. It worked fine, but says I can't post.   
   > What would be the point of a newsgroup where you can't post?!   
   > I tried to visit the domain, netfront.net. It seems to be a   
   > Chinese website.   
   >   
   >     Individual.net looks like an option, but it costs me more than   
   > $30 to make a bank transfer, I would never use PayPal, and   
   > I don't trust the security with either. I'm happy paying a few   
   > dollars per year, but I'm not happy giving out payment details   
   > online.   
      
   There were some floods a while back. The flood conducted   
   via netfront.net, resulted in the operator of that server   
   taking it read-only. That's the "zero labor" way to stop   
   a flood :-)   
      
   The flood conducted via AIOE, resulted in the admin getting   
   angry and doing some stuff he shouldn't have. One of the   
   few times I saw Paolo lose his cool.   
      
   The little things add up, so "we can't have nice things".   
      
       Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)