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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:45:48 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        danlaw@rust.net
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...) 
Message-ID:  <1322.861306348@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:43:57 EDT." <33567D7D.7DF1@rust.net> 

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Sysadmin wrote in message ID
<33567D7D.7DF1@rust.net>:
> 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.

Sorry, I was referring to WWW sites. I remember reading somewhere that
a WWW site claimed it was inaccessible from AOL as they deemed the
content unsuitable. Can't remember where, sorry.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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