If you use AOL, forget newsgroups

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:48:00 GMT, Tom Randy
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:26:38 +0000, Jmpngtiger wrote:

Message today says "AOL will discontinue newsgroups early in 2005, we are sorry
for the inconvenience".

I guess I've been too lazy by continuing the AOL service. What alternatives do
you suggest.

jt


I understand this is a hoax.


I read it on The Internet,

http://www.betanews.com/article/AOL_...ice/1106664611

so it MUST be true!!!

I can't wait to see what October is like (surely there will be a
lot fewer exclamation points).

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Earthlink!



Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:20:50 -0600, abc wrote:

they have only partial ngs - synopses of ngs, not complete. I know their
provider..

Who?

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:53:22 -0600, eat more ostrich
wrote:

Earthlink!

I don't know, seems pretty complete to me. Something over 35,000 groups,
they have dozens of peers, and I've never seen a post go missing. What's
missing?

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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