1996-01-03 - Re: Compuserve hasn’t banned newsgroups

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From: “David R. Rorabaugh” <David_R.Rorabaugh@dsmllp.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 984e9919c250c9e08ad0b847c3ce57b9e88327e749798adec8dd7f1c850b0a65
Message ID: <199601021605.LAA26607@bb.hks.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-03 13:18:42 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 21:18:42 +0800

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From: "David R. Rorabaugh" <David_R._Rorabaugh@dsmllp.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 21:18:42 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Compuserve *hasn't* banned newsgroups
Message-ID: <199601021605.LAA26607@bb.hks.net>
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>>I pointed my copy of Free Agent at CPCNET's open news server 
>>(198.70.185.5) and grabbed a list of groups sure enough, there were 
>>the seasoned citizens in all their glory.  And I was checking out 
>>those binaries via CompuServe.

I suspect that CompuServe doesn't care much what goes over their network 
(they will claim "common carrier" status) as much as they care about 
what they themselves provide. The groups in question ARE gone from 
CompuServe's news servers.

- -- 
 David R. Rorabaugh
 Systems Operations Specialist
 Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P.

 The opinions expressed are my own.
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