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On Jun 9, 8:52 pm, Robert wrote:
I have use* the wonderful steam powered Turnpike - it allows me to set a
limit on the number of cross posts and anything which hits the limit
e.g. 3 newsgroups, is flagged as 'uninteresting' (recently I have set it
to 2).
* I have tried Agent, Gemini, TB and even OE, but always reverted to
Turnpike.

Robert, is it possible to use Turnpike without subscribing to Demon?

Yes - I left Demon after one of their more momentous failures towards
the end of the last century. You would need to buy a 'universal
licence' from Demon. There is a support newsgroup which still exists -
demon.ip.support.turpike - which may be worth having a look at. There
used to be a few quite helpful types who could advise on the more
eccentric aspects of TP.

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Robert