Bill R wrote in
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Many vendors have (and are continuing to) drop newsgroups like
this because many (like this one) have become just about
useless. They have been taken over by spammers, off topic
posters, those with political or other agendas and by people
that have no respect for anyone else's views.

put the blame where it belongs. Google groups has destroyed USENET
by allowing spammers free access with no repercussions. if
Google/Gmail has a TOS, it they don't bother to enforce it. that's
why there are so many spammers, trolls & crap.
it would not cause me to lose any sleep if Google just up &
disappeared...

Usenet is dieing and this newsgroup is typical of the reason why
that is happening.

nonsense.
lee