From: calguire@tcfreenet.invalid   
      
   nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote in news:nebusj.1198449629@vcmr-   
   86.server.rpi.edu:   
      
   >      From experimentation with the local server and Google, yeah,   
   > I can almost certainly send but not receive in alt.* groups.  I will   
   > be asking the responsible people to fix things, but IT staff never   
   > ever believes you the first time through that there's a problem so I   
   > am sure this will last until the next year anyway.  There is no need   
   > to panic.   
   >   
      
   Joe, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you're the only one posting   
   in this group.  Jim Ellwanger replys to you occassionally, but otherwise,   
   the group is dead.   
      
   I don't know what to tell you about reviving the group.  It seems to be   
   happening all over Usenet.  The most important factor in group health is a   
   critical mass of people who feel compelled to post.  Alas, all groups can't   
   be AFL... would that Conan had an AFL-like following!  Those guys have   
   conventions!   
      
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