Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:50:23 GMT From: Bengt ÷sterdahl <bengt.osterdahlTA”–BORTnospama.com> Subject: Re: AOL dumps newsgroups
On 25 Jan 2005 13:34:48 GMT, mikeyankeenospamcomic.book (MikeYankee) wrote: >Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the >effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see >below). > >When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user >feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking them to >reduce their service. > >If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword "Tell Us" >and let those bastards hear from you. > >----------------- actual text of AOL message ------------------------ > >Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early 2005. > > >For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer be able to >access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection, you can >contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. Newsgroup >services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such as Mozilla >Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/). > >Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at >http://groups.google.com/. > >We apologize for this inconvenience. > > >Mike Yankee > >(Address is munged to thwart spammers. >To reply, delete everything after "com".) A good and free News server can be found at news.individual.net You have to register at http://www.individual.net/ first in order to get access to the server. /Bengt
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