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- From: mam@mamunx.garmhausen.de (Michael A Meiszl)
- Subject: Re: Newjunk, automatically create newsgroups from junk V2.0 (Part 1/1)
- Organization: Public Access Mailbox
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:11:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <C036ML.DtM@mamunx.garmhausen.de>
- References: <1992Dec26.105123.6761@ms.uky.edu> <1992Dec28.202229.10632@robohack.UUCP> <C02B3s.B5C@mamunx.garmhausen.de> <1hs2e4INNfrs@apache.dtcc.edu>
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- In <1hs2e4INNfrs@apache.dtcc.edu> weave@apache.dtcc.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes:
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- >One way is to run script, then telnet to the NNTP port of your neighbour and
- >issue a LIST command. (Don't do this at 2400 bps!)
-
- [five minutes of severe laugh attacks, 4 minutes of smoking to calm down]
-
- >Another way is to point a remote rn to a site that allows you to poke at
- >their NNTP server and after it starts up, suspend it and scarf the active
- >file copy out of /tmp (Of course, rename your .newsrc file before doing
- >this since article #s at the other site will be different)
-
- What was the last day, you've read news via uucp???
-
- Sorry, but I'm in Germany. This is a public system with no user fees. How
- could I ever get connected without spending more than half of my income
- to the post office and the net provider???
-
- The only thing, the remote nntp would tell me is something like:
-
- "Service not available, insert coin"
-
- The company pays for mail (which is also not affordable in us terms), news
- is fully ran on privat bills.
-
- I've once calculated that 1k of mail (incoming or outgoing, we are paying
- for both) cost about 1,15 DM (which is about 76 cents, not including
- provider fees for the base service. Count that up and rethink...
-
- {no, I don't want to start a "sponsor germany" discussion, it's just a fact}
-
- Phone costs are enourmously high here too. One is forced to use the fastest
- equipment he can afford to cut them down. Since all calls are LD too, I
- had to invest in modems about twice a year. The slowest line I have now
- is run by a worldblazer, the fastest is a ISDN card.
-
- As you might see, your clues are totally unacceptable...
-
- MaM
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