Too bad for all the new people on the net that they don't know about
Newsgroups. So few posts this year - when I first found this back in the
90's there were 3-400 posts daily with lots to talk about. Today - 3-4
posts a week. So sad.....

I will still check in almost daily - just habit I guess.

I try to check in every day... since around '95; but my ISP (and
the one before it) dropped Usenet support and I had to switch to a
"paid" service (even though I was paying for the old service that was
supposed to include unlimited Usenet access).
Most days, the response from Usenet.com is "unable to find
server"... so I'm awol for days at a time now. >

David Courtney wrote:

I try to check in every day... since around '95; but my ISP (and
the one before it) dropped Usenet support and I had to switch to a
"paid" service (even though I was paying for the old service that was
supposed to include unlimited Usenet access).
Most days, the response from Usenet.com is "unable to find
server"... so I'm awol for days at a time now. >:-(

Have you tried news.motzarella.org?

* Completly free - no monthly and annual fee.
* Fast server access and message download.
* Carry about 32,000 newsgroups (text only groups).
* Message retention/history is approx. 3 months for all groups.

I've now used news.motzarella.org for several months and have so far not
experienced any problems related to the server itself.



Regards,

Stig Arne Bye

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Isn't it interesting that an obituary for this site draws the most public
comment in some time.

Looking back over the previous 30 days of posts I see about 15 different
names. I wonder how many lurkers visit this site? I can't imagine that the
total readership here is much greater than a couple hundred people with
less than 50 who would post a message.

Would the readers of this message please respond with a quick reply that
they do read this forum, and indicate if they have posted here in the
past.

Would the readers of this message please respond with a quick reply that
they do read this forum, and indicate if they have posted here in the past.

Would the readers of this message please respond with a quick reply that
they do read this forum, and indicate if they have posted here in the past.

Isn't it interesting that an obituary for this site draws the most public
comment in some time.

Looking back over the previous 30 days of posts I see about 15 different
names. I wonder how many lurkers visit this site? I can't imagine that the
total readership here is much greater than a couple hundred people with
less than 50 who would post a message.

Would the readers of this message please respond with a quick reply that
they do read this forum, and indicate if they have posted here in the
past.

I am still here, but I think my sledding days are about over. The old
bod just won't take the punishment any more...

Oops. That should have been:

Another explained that because it was a "free service" they provided,
that they did not offer any support for it.

Ok, so email is a free service, they don't support that neither???  What a
lame excuse!

I started in Usenet in the late 90's.  Made lots of deals buying and selling
stuff on the local group.  We also have a local snowmobiling group
(ott.rec.snowmobiles) but it never caught on since it was created right when
Usenet was on the decline.

Got great advice here and also gave some.  Lots of snow here but my body is
also showing its age and time is something that I have a lot less of.  Maybe
once I retire...

--
Randall
1992 Ski-Doo Safari 377 (His)
1992 Ski-Doo Safari 377 Electric (Hers)

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Oops. That should have been:

Another explained that because  it was a "free service" they provided,
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And I hear ya about the tired old bod... I am getting there far to
quickly for my tastes. been riding sleds for over 36 years (and I
didn't start untill after HS)

SD