From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 23:39:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070D252B for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:39:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ea0-x231.google.com (mail-ea0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4013:c01::231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B585FCE for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f177.google.com with SMTP id q14so379673eaj.36 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=ui+W+UhBWk3kczjgoOmpfrLOO97X+tmUTx/Xkp/fqf0=; b=JsG5VfkoTaZ9JTK/WOaude9oD0q+wVaqCEgrJXSnzoHXT2AhAZtKJiH4PWPN4ZXMEh gECUM+3TnBfsRYrtRaHuObK70h+gB9m65tjuU7RT05TlxB24AZOuhK7T4lYEeGC5dwGq Ijnksbk5f7FT0iVvBDAvStXsk48IHIheyXY8wNp+0e8vHRTNdwUBvSdPX+kEUgp76iLH hMoQhH9WeWW4xybMonXGwpb3RDVw5Tr0hzJSN8/jrTCyGXBwgwThjdj0ggjEIbDL0jSX JPU0n9wOItwWm/bAqDGrOy9/j/gCIxU0A7dLnCw8NhhDO2UkcJbeo0+k+qw7747feOaT 9/uw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.193.134 with SMTP id k6mr12383542een.37.1364600357364; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.213.194 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [76.104.147.221] In-Reply-To: <20130328055916.d80acbbc06db0c4f2761bcfd@sohara.org> References: <20130328055916.d80acbbc06db0c4f2761bcfd@sohara.org> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:17 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OT: The future of USENET? From: David Brodbeck To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnk1vwAt/+dPuRocF77WoxBonbry2ZsuVwviNO0G0bG4BZ9iLttby39siksavAiQwC/q/fd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:39:19 -0000 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > There are several free public USENET text servers (no binary > groups), granted it's nothing like the days when every ISP ran one but > there are still several about (eternal-september.com is one of the > biggest). There are also a few low cost paid servers (individual.netstands > out here). There is also a thriving business in paid for USENET binary > service. > Even back in the day I used to use public servers, because the ISP-run ones generally had poor uptime and a poor selection of groups. These days I tend not to read USENET groups because of the high amount of spam traffic, and the fact that the remaining posters tend to be interested mostly in continuing their own long-running flame wars while chasing off newbies. Maybe I just value my time more highly these days. ;)