wrote:

USENET, such as still exists (note I read and post through Google.Groups
because I can't get a local ISP to accept NNTP traffic), exists to SPLIT
HAIRS. It is the nature of the beast.

Try a free NNTP server like nntp.aioe.org' no user name / password, no
registration, just plug the server name into your USENET client.

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Mvh./Regards, Niels Jørgen Kruse, Denmark