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From: steve g <sgonedes1977@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
Subject: Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger. What happened?
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Rust Buckett <rust@fakedomain.nope> writes:

> steve g <sgonedes1977@gmail.com> writes:
>
< >
< > Maybe ISP (internet service providers) could start to offer access to
< > USEnet, email, and ftp to their clients again.
< >
>
> Those were the good old days when your ISP hosted an NNTP server.


yes and enough space to run your own web page! Things chage but stay the
same; I am listening to my SDR radio .