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There does seem to have been an issue with Demon picking up its feeds
from USENET for about a month; but it does look as if it is sorted now.
I don't think it, necessarily a sign that Demon has gone to the dogs -
quite a lot of the Usenet web services have been reporting message
replication issues over the last few weeks - could be a sudden increase
in global Usenet traffic??? The use of Usenet for political campaigning
in the US Election springs to mind as a possibility.

NAFAICT - Zetnet doesn't seem to have had any problems with newsfeeds.

Usenet in fact, has contracted significantly from what it was only two
or three years ago.

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Rusty
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