From: le@main.lekno.ws   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I gather that Giganews bought them but the domain is active.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   (Some "standards" infuriate me,such as being prevented from   
   quoting and commenting on someone's signature).   
      
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