<OT> free public news servers

[Kurt Wall]

In a 0.6K blaze of typing glory, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:07:15 -0400 Douglas J Hunley <doug at hunley.homeip.net>
> wrote:
> 
> Totaly <OT> on this <OT> topic. I've never used a newsserver. What does such a
> beast provide that I'm missing out on?

Usenet. Say, alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, alt.barney.die.die.die,
alt.conspiracy.im-taking.over-the.world.starting.with-aol!,
Not to mention, and, of course, the Linux newsgroups:

comp.os.linux
comp.os.linux.68k
comp.os.linux.admin
comp.os.linux.advocacy
comp.os.linux.alpha
comp.os.linux.announce
comp.os.linux.answers
comp.os.linux.development
comp.os.linux.development.apps
comp.os.linux.development.system
comp.os.linux.hardware
comp.os.linux.help
comp.os.linux.m68k
comp.os.linux.misc
comp.os.linux.networking
comp.os.linux.portable
comp.os.linux.powerpc
comp.os.linux.questions
comp.os.linux.security
comp.os.linux.setup
comp.os.linux.test
comp.os.linux.x
comp.os.linux.embedded
comp.os.linux.redhat

Kurt
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