I am on a listserv for cancer support and there is generally never a problam
there subscribers from all over the world.
There are many other listserv's some moderated and some not.
Anyone starts screwing around on them and they pull the plug.
There are arguments of course but not flame wars.
The guy that runs it ask for donations to help defray his costs once a year
and he usually gets enough donations to run longer than the year.
When I came on here i actually joined a woodwork listserv, I was getting all
the e-mails from this group but when i posted no one got them, I never found
out where they went
I still do not understand how this newsgroup goes to the listserv but it is
based in Indianna.

Some of you Computer Gurus should look into it
George

"solarman" wrote in message
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You know Tom, you might be on to something good here. What is to say all
of us here could NOT put up a private news server on the net for woodworking
related posts? Then have a registration phase that everyone could go through
to keep the riff raff out? I know Yahoo has the groups as does many others,
but perhaps we could talk Jason into doing it as he hosts the space for us
at www.wood-workers.com anyway... Might be worth looking into even if a
small fee were involved. That makes folks tend to take better care of it
anyway.



"Tom Watson" wrote in message
s.com...
I read someone's comment the other day about how their ISP claimed
that "no one uses newsgroups anymore."

My own ISP has made the same comment to me when I've called to
complain about inadequate Newsgroup service. They seem to feel that
their customer base uses Usenet in only a marginal fashion. They act
as though they couldn't be bothered.

This newsgroup, in particular, seems to be vibrant and well
subscribed. The chess newgroups that I lurk on seem to be in the same
condition.

When I look at the Netscan statistics, I see signs that there are many
active groups.

Why this attitude by the ISP's?

I use two newsgroup providers, TeraNews being my backup, because my
ISP's provider is often out of whack. TeraNews is fine for a backup
but is often down.

However, I've had complaints from some that they don't see my posts
when they come through my ISP's provider (Voicenet, I believe) because
their system does not pick up the posts.

I've tried reading the group through Google but it seems to have a lot
of lag time between the time that posts are made and when they show up
on Google.

What is going on with this Usenet thing? Are the ISP's right in
claiming that Usenet is dying? And, given that the ISP's don't care,
what is the most reliable way to read and post on Usenet?


Regards, Tom
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker
Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
http://users.snip.net/~tjwatson