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    From Bruce Salem@21:1/5 to Metz on Sat Dec 12 19:48:08 2015
    On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:04:46 PM UTC-7, Shmuel Metz wrote:
    My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
    inbound and outbound spam?

    [1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.

    I would have agreed you this morning except that I was pleased to find the the reply has
    most of the features readnews has had all along. It is not a blog reply to a USNET feed. Now, I do not know if Google changes the rules if you try and start new group. It might. I would object to that, so what is your gripe exactly. The only issue for me
    is that I need a larger font and haven't figured that out yet.

    Bruce Salem

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  • From John F. Morse@21:1/5 to Bruce Salem on Sun Dec 13 09:51:20 2015
    On 12/12/2015 09:48 PM, Bruce Salem wrote:
    On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:04:46 PM UTC-7, Shmuel Metz wrote:
    My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a
    reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
    inbound and outbound spam?

    [1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.
    I would have agreed you this morning except that I was pleased to find the the reply has
    most of the features readnews has had all along. It is not a blog reply to a USNET feed. Now, I do not know if Google changes the rules if you try and start new group. It might. I would object to that, so what is your gripe exactly. The only issue for
    me is that I need a larger font and haven't figured that out yet.

    Bruce Salem


    Don't worry about fonts. Use plain text. Works everywhere.

    You might want to worry about remembering to read the date of an article (message) to which you are replying.

    And finding an NNTP news server so you are not confused by Google Group's attempt at Usenet.

    Here's a good one, and it is free: http://www.eternal-september.org


    --
    John

    When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already
    rejected the Truth, by what means do they discern a lie?

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  • From Bruce Salem@21:1/5 to Metz on Sun Dec 13 10:31:37 2015
    On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:04:46 PM UTC-7, Shmuel Metz wrote:
    My provider is pulling the plug on Usenet[1]. Can anybody recommend a reasoably priced reliable news server with decent control of both
    inbound and outbound spam?

    [1] They suggest (bletch!) google as a replacement.

    --
    Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>

    I found a bug in Google Groups and it is a showstopper, my God only after less than a day of use. I wanted to reply to John Morse' post for not quoting from the original, but I can't quote his post using Google Groups reply. It only allows me to post to
    the head of the thread. The USENET newsreader let me reply to any post in the thread. This need to be fixed ASAP.

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