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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What usenet client are you using?
Date: 23 Feb 2015 17:28:36 GMT
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On 2015-02-23, Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-18, unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:21:26 PM UTC-8, John Thornley wrote:
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >> 
>> >> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>> >
>> > For text, groups.google.com actually works pretty well.
>> 
>> Uh, no, no it does not. It formats posts horribly, and since Google
>> allows idiots and spammers to use it, many (including me) often
>> disregard posts from Google Groups.
>
> Agreed, though I don't block GG users. But I've been mighty tempted over
> the years...

I don't block them; but I do demote them. 

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JR