From: "Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 16:47:32 +0800
To: bdolan@use.usit.net (Brad Dolan)
Subject: Re: Another Internet Provider Censors Access (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960102000200.10683A-100000@use.usit.net>
Message-ID: <199601020615.AAA12494@dal1820.computek.net>
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> Under the guise of a minor software upgrade, Netcom has changed 
> its newsgroups access list to totally exclude "alt" groups 
> altogether.  Since there is no way to sign up for a newsgroup 
> other than via the selection menu that Netcom provides, it 
> appears that Netcom has managed to censor access to all those 
> discussion groups.

Really?  A quick check shows that alt. groups, even the alt.sex.* groups, 
are still in /usr/lib/news/active, and articles are still in 
/usr/spool/news/alt/sex/*.

Whoever supplied that information is apparently wrong.
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"Past the wounds of childhood, past the fallen dreams and the broken families,
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