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   From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Fri, 16 May 2008 02:23:48 -0700 (PDT), riburr    
   wrote:   
      
   >On May 15, 2:57 pm, Irene Andersson  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I never understood why other mycologists couldn't see the great   
   >> advantages with Usenet, and I still don't. So easy and ready to use -   
   >> but maybe too difficult to control..? The many web forums has resulted   
   >> in lots of new participants, but also in splitting resources. That's a   
   >> pity.   
   >>   
   >   
   >My service provider discontinued Usenet service over a year ago.  I   
   >found a free news service (Aioe.org) based in Italy.  This service was   
   >more than adequate for my needs, and I grew quite fond of it.  It's   
   >been offline for several days now, speculation is the owner/operator   
   >is on vacation and missed a registration deadline.  I and many other   
   >subscribers hope he can get back online before too long.   
   >   
   >So, now I'm using Google groups (hopefully temporarily) to access   
   >newsgroups through a web portal.  From what I understand, the   
   >availability of free news services is extremely limited.   
      
   I suppose that could be a part of the problem. On the other hand,   
   anyone can use Google groups. But once on the web, there are so many   
   others: mushroomhunting, mushroomobserver, mushroom talk, one swedish,   
   one danish, one norwegian, several german forums, not to mention all   
   the ones in languages I don't understand...   
      
   /Irene Andersson   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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