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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:43:57 -0400
From:      Sysadmin <danlaw@rust.net>
To:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...)
Message-ID:  <33567D7D.7DF1@rust.net>
References:  <24405.861304701@orion.webspan.net>

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Gary Palmer wrote:
[snip]
> 
> > The problems with deleting the groups people are interested in are
> > obvious of course!
> 
> *shrug* I wonder how many AOL users know that the AOL proxy denies
> access to certain sites? (If I remember right)

Nope.  They simply do not call those to the Lusers' attention by
providing a text description.  The "expert add" function allows
adding the groups by entering the actual newsgroup name.

I gather that they do this to avoid legal problems like Prodigy had
they decided to censor messages.



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