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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Feb 21, 2024, Snidely wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > Alain Fournier asserted that:   
   > > On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:   
   > > > For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do   
   > > > not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of   
   > > > active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work   
   > > > and quietly closed shop?   
   > >   
   > > Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?   
   >   
   > May not be a problem. The Google Groups gateway to usenet is now   
   > turned off, I believe, and these people were too sophisticated to use a   
   > mere newsreader.   
      
   I think it is not turned off yet, at least new posts from Usenet   
   are still showing up on Google Groups, and they haven’t yet   
   edited their pinned message at the top of each group to   
   say that they have cut off access. I suspect that they won’t   
   do it until office hours start in Pacific Standard Time (UTC - 8 hrs).   
      
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