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- From: cms@home.demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!home.demon.co.uk!cms
- Subject: Re: Newsgroup filtering in the U.K.
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- References: <7659.9211222027@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:45:48 +0000
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- In article <7659.9211222027@central1.lancaster.ac.uk> csc280@cent1.lancs.ac.uk writes:
-
- >Does anyone know who is responsible for deciding which groups get
- >filtered out, and how I could contact them.
-
- If your feed comes from UKnet, it is "filtered" there. You can
- mail "postmaster@uknet.ac.uk".
-
- >Although I can read these newsgroups via a publics access machine in
- >the states, the lack of -general- access to a certain newsgroup in UK
- >(for the moment I'd like to keep this to myself for personal reasons)
- >is seriously hindering my contact with a certain 'sect' of people in
- >the UK - which in turn is likely effect my future life/happiness rather
- >severly. :-(
-
- Demon Internet (as well as PIPEX and Ibmpcug) carry a "full"
- newsfeed (4000 + groups). Our members can currently nntp any of them
- from news.demon.co.uk.
- Regards,
- Cliff.
-
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