From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
      
   >>. . .   
      
   >How relevant are Giganews/Supernews these days?   
      
   Supernews was a very well regarded commercial News provider. They   
   haven't existing in a very long time.   
      
   Giganews, sigh, pretty much takes money allows its users to post in all   
   sorts of troublesome ways that don't comply with standards. They do not   
   prevent users from preloading all sorts of headers.   
      
   If the user chooses to post a standards-compliant article, Giganews will   
   accept it and they have plenty of peers.   
      
   It's up to the user to choose not to cause trouble because Giganews will   
   not enforce standards compliance nor prevent bad behavior.   
      
   There are plenty of ways to abuse Usenet without spamming.   
      
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