XPost: alt.comp.freeware   
   From: not@all.invalid   
      
   "Grant Taylor" wrote:   
   > On 3/27/23 12:57 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >> That would be a great day, a lot less spam posted.   
   >   
   > It would also be a sad day for Usenet in the loss of the archive.   
      
   Since they acquired it from Deja News and added to it, it must be the   
   most complete archive there is. Disallowing posting would be fine but   
   to lose all that history completely would be almost criminal.   
      
   They've made it less useful over time by removing various options to   
   do with searching and statistics, and no longer allow access to the   
   raw message where useful/interesting header info can be found.   
      
   If it's of no value to them they should pass it on to an org who is   
   willing to curate it for the benefit of everyone. If this loss becomes   
   likely, perhaps you could impress upon your contacts the importance of   
   preserving the archive.   
      
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