On 26 Jan 2004 17:06:31 GMT, wrote:

No, not a bit. Remember the Internet's 'edge principle'? Dumn packet-shifting
in the middle, intelligence at the edges. The idea extends to Usenet: *you*,
with *your* *own* news client, are in ultimate charge of filtering. All the
previous poster meant is that they're using their own reader/downloader's
filtering rules to create a more pleasant reading experience for themselves.

Thanks Stefek - as I thought.

PoP

Sending email to my published email address isn't
guaranteed to reach me.