no
longer be providing newgroup service.

Hmmm. So many, it appears to be a concerted effort, perhaps. Hmmm.

A "thought experiment":

Suppose this were China where this was happening, removing
the ability for people to use newsgroups. Why might
China be shutting down newsgroup access?

Well, maybe pursuing that would be a COMPLETE waste of time,
since obviously the answer to that question would
be useless as explanation here. :-(


David