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Re: Demon news server - by goodwill only?

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From: Mark Smith
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00
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In message <ant1516461cbC&sp@millipede.dungeon.com> Richard Jozefowski wrote:

> Ten days ago I e-mailed Demon regarding access to their news server.  I find
> it virtually impossible to connect to it in the evenings or at weekends. 
>
> [Snip]
> 
> > Demon Internet offer a public news server and mail-to-news gateway
> > because we have always taken the view that we would like to make a
> > conscious effort to contribute something back to the Internet.

They are talking about the public news server (pubnews.demon.co.uk) and the
mail-to-news gateway (mail2news@news.demon.co.uk), not the core news service
for subscribers (news.demon.co.uk).

You've obviously been talking at cross-purposes.

-- 
Mark Smith - Surrey, UK      ....Alternative email marks@argonet.co.uk....
This message was posted via my private internet account. It doesn't represent
the position of any individuals or organisations with whom I may be linked.
... He's not dead, Jim, he's just metabolically challenged.
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From: mark@findon.demon.co.uk (Mark Smith)
Subject: Re: Demon news server - by goodwill only?
Date: 1996/01/15
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