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Re: Another Internet Provider Censors Access (fwd)
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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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