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   Message 129,248 of 130,039   
   MB to Richard Smith   
   Re: ROOTSWEB   
   23 Jan 20 09:41:54   
   
   From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 22/01/2020 23:57, Richard Smith wrote:   
   > Assuming you genuinely do mean newsgroups (e.g. soc.genealogy.britain),   
   > rather than online forums or mailing lists, then, no, they will not be   
   > closed.  Ancestry have no power to close a newsgroup.  No one company or   
   > individual does.   
      
   I did refer to ROOTSWEB mailing lists.   
      
   Many have moved to other platforms and the level of activity has   
   increased dramatically.   
      
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