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2 total messages Started by please Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00
Re: UDP
#476
Author: please
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00
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In a previous message frank@tachyon.demon.co.uk  wrote
 > Organization: Tachyon Media
 >
 >> server via the mail2news option soon, 951f the usenet community is
 >> threatening to put a UDP (Usenet Death Penalty) on the demon news ser
 >
 > Jesus wept, that's a strong measure - have things got that bad from
 > Demon's servers?
 >

From what I've read recently...yes..a LOT of moaning about at least 1 new 
spam per day from demons public news server.


 >> The only way I can see this being done is removal of the mail2news
 >> option and removal of the public news server.
 >>
 >> Just thought it would interest people here.
 >
 > Has anyone at Demon made a comment about this at all?
 >


Yes , I emailed them . I got a reply back saying 'If I had been connected to 
demon.annouce' (Which I AM) I would have seen an annoucement about.

1) The removal of mail2news (Which I DID)

2) The (temporary) removal of the public news server (Which I DIDN'T)

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Re: UDP
#478
Author: Paul Womar
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00
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please@no.spam.mail.here.mettav <please@no.spam.mail.here.mettav> wrote:

> Yes , I emailed them . I got a reply back saying 'If I had been connected to
> demon.annouce' (Which I AM) I would have seen an annoucement about.
> 
> 1) The removal of mail2news (Which I DID)
> 
> 2) The (temporary) removal of the public news server (Which I DIDN'T)

I'm fairly sure 2) never appeared or at least never reached my machine,
my archies of demon.announe go back months and I have no such article,
did they quote message-id be any chance?

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