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Gary Palmer wrote:
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> 
> > 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.