Re: <B>Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early 2005.</B>

This pisses me off. I only have AOL for my address, which I have had since
1994, and to read newsgroups offline at work. This really bugs me.
April
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is this for real?
Maurey (remove "no junk" from my address to email me)
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On 19 Jan 2005 17:56:39 GMT, kaos...@aol.comNOSPAM (KAOSLO1)
coughed and sputtered, and managed to choke out these words:
hey, what was it i said about leaving aol? :)

For people who may want to stick to AOL if the usenet discontinuation is
a fact:
My personal ISP has usenet news but it's frequently down, slow or there
are just a lot of articles missing. Otherwise, it's great. I've got
Newsguy for usenet only at $39.95/year and I'm very, very happy with it.
It's extremely rare for it to be down (I've had it for almost 3 years
now and I only had trouble with delays in articles once). I do get a LOT
of spam at my Newsguy email account since I post from it but I don't
care about that much. I just don't read the email that goes to my usenet
account and figure that anyone I "talk" to on usenet regularly either
already has access to my Yahoo or personal email addresses or is smart
enough to know whether or not I'd be willing to give them the
information privately if they requested an address in public (here).
Stacy

According to my good friend YO, she checked rec.travel.europe and they had a
blog from an live tech (our "online help people" here on AOL), who said that
they are NOT discontinuing newsgroups...
––Kristin

And here's another post from another group:
Subject: Newsgroup access going away: it's true.
From: tymedwn...@aol.comPEARLS (TyMeDwn1st)
Date: 1/20/05 4:49 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message–id: <20050120194933.08619.00000...@mb–m06.aol.com>
I emailed my Sooper Secret Well Connected AOL Source (who works deep within
AOL's HQ in Virginia) to ask about the rumored crisis or hoax, as the case
might be.
My source went straight to the people who would know about this, and the answer
is yes, the posting is legitimate, the rumor is not a rumor, and AOL will be
discontinuing newsgroup access in the not–too–distant future.
If you'll excuse me now, I have to go roast a large crow for dinner.

According to my good friend YO, she checked rec.travel.europe and they had a
blog from an live tech (our "online help people" here on AOL), who said that
they are NOT discontinuing newsgroups...<<
Another group I read had a post from an AOLer and said that for the last three
years there are rumours every January that the service is going to be
discontinued and it is not true for this year as well.
That said, I notice an improvement over the last day.
Brenda
"Life is what happens while we're making other plans" – John Lennon

On 21 Jan 2005 01:11:02 GMT, rande...@aol.comnokkkrap (RandeeFW)
coughed and sputtered, and managed to choke out these words:
<snip>
what!? no KKK references!?

"Stacy Ferguson" <stac...@stacyef.net> wrote in message
news:stacyef–F9B1A6.16211519012...@news.newsguy.com...
Stacy;
Have you tried the (included) Newsguy Spam–Hippo? It blocks Spam
like crazy.

Where did you hear this? Do you know why?
Sandra in PA

[posted and emailed]
Do you still have the original message? If so, can you please either email it
to me or post it to this thread, *with the entire header field showing*?
This may be a hoax.
Thanks!
"Leggy the Legume"
––
Julie P.
"MADE FOR TELEVISION."––Owen Meany

In <20050119185151.13786.00000...@mb–m23.aol.com> Jjjjjulie wrote:
I would think it's a hoax. Just someone doing the AOL Bash (sung to the
tune of Monster Mash)...
––
Cheers
Dennis
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Where did you hear this? Do you know why they're doing this? Is there
anywhere specific where complaints should be directed? Maybe if enough people
complain, they would decide against it.

I know that AOL is stupid, but why would they do this?

On 21 Jan 2005 04:01:51 GMT, Lutachris wrote:
They got rid of the "AOL" in their corporate name... maybe the next
thing is they'll get rid of AOL. <grin/duck>

Lutachris wrote:
It brings no Money to them.Sad but true.
But on the other side,google is free.Any other news provider are also
free or cost something like 3,95$ for 30 Years Membership.So dont worry!

In article <csmop502...@news3.newsguy.com>,
"jrogow" <JRo...@Newsguy.comhere> wrote:
No, but thanks for bringing it up. I must admit that sometimes I just
don't look into things well enough, especially once I've concluded that
a problem is out of control and not worth dealing with (which is why I
no longer read the Newsguy email I get and some perfectly pleasant AFers
may very well have emailed me at my posting address and thought I was
blowing them off... which is true but unintentional since my blowing
them off is a by–product of my decision not to ever look at email going
to my usenet account ever again). I got a bunch of emails from Newsguy
about Spam–Hippo before I gave up on it and just assumed it was
spam–filtering software that functioned at the levels of their mail
servers (and failed miserably) rather than something I had control over.
I'll check it out and give it another chance.
Stacy

"Stacy Ferguson" <stac...@stacyef.net> wrote in message
news:stacyef–3C6A69.17124619012...@news.newsguy.com...
You do have to program it – but you can do so easily (I'll even send you
my list to start, if you want). It has been a lifesaver for me.

I have been on the phone for the last 70 minutes about this and still don't
have a definitive answer. One of the 4 "techs" I spoke to seem to think the
AOL email was indeed real. In fact he sent me a copy of it which I will post
below. As Usenet activity is nearly dead via AOL I am going to have to believe
this isn't a bogus email. None of the 4 "techs" I spoke with knew what either
newsgroups or Usenet were. This doesn't inspire confidence. Of course the
irony here is probably very few will even see this post.
Letter from the "tech" in India:
From: BoardsAd...@aol.com (BoardsAdmin)
With marriage you have to compromise otherwise you get divorced. – kkkkkk –
1/9/05
I actually cannot stand to watch TV with my DH because he breathes too
loud.Probably is with his big stomach. – kkkkkkk – 1/9/05

Randee: A friend of mine who called AOL said the same thing. The tech had the
AOL message boards and the newsgroups confused. Didn't understand the
difference. You are right...it does not inspire confidence.
I have been going thru Google to read the current posts in altfashion.
Carol
GO Phoenix Suns!!

In article <csmrab0...@news3.newsguy.com>,
"jrogow" <JRo...@Newsguy.comhere> wrote:
Stacy;
Have you tried the (included) Newsguy Spam–Hippo? It blocks Spam
like crazy.
No, but thanks for bringing it up. I must admit that sometimes I just
don't look into things well enough, especially once I've concluded that
a problem is out of control and not worth dealing with (which is why I
no longer read the Newsguy email I get and some perfectly pleasant AFers
may very well have emailed me at my posting address and thought I was
blowing them off... which is true but unintentional since my blowing
them off is a by–product of my decision not to ever look at email going
to my usenet account ever again). I got a bunch of emails from Newsguy
about Spam–Hippo before I gave up on it and just assumed it was
spam–filtering software that functioned at the levels of their mail
servers (and failed miserably) rather than something I had control over.
I'll check it out and give it another chance.
Thanks! It always helps to RTFM :) Also, I had a separate identity in MS
Entourage to download my Newsguy mail and never even looked at the
web–based mail reader. If I had, I'd have realized that Spam Hippo was
right there as it's own tab with instructions and all :) I did set it
last night and since I've got no mail at all, it's fine (I should have
gotten at least 50 pieces of junk since yesterday, based on the recently
flow of spam).
Stacy

"Stacy Ferguson" <stac...@stacyef.net> wrote in message
news:stacyef–DE53B0.08104820012...@news.newsguy.com...
that
a problem is out of control and not worth dealing with (which is why I
no longer read the Newsguy email I get and some perfectly pleasant
AFers
may very well have emailed me at my posting address and thought I was
blowing them off... which is true but unintentional since my blowing
them off is a by–product of my decision not to ever look at email
going
to my usenet account ever again). I got a bunch of emails from Newsguy
about Spam–Hippo before I gave up on it and just assumed it was
spam–filtering software that functioned at the levels of their mail
servers (and failed miserably) rather than something I had control
over.
I'll check it out and give it another chance.
You do have to program it – but you can do so easily (I'll even send you
my list to start, if you want). It has been a lifesaver for me.
You can also set it to let posters through who you do want to hear from,
that's one of my favourite parts.

RandeeFW wrote:
don't
think the
will post
to believe
what either
course the