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At 14:30 25 January 2005, Mikeyankee wrote:
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking
on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as
of 'early 2005' (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy
'was based on user
feedback' -- yeah, like we've all been banging down
AOL's door asking them to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks,
use keyword 'Tell Us'
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ---------------------
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Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued
in early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you
will no longer be able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed
connection, you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer
Newsgroups. Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party
reader, such as Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google
at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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