LNHY: Never Asked Questions about LNHY (updated)
Scott Eiler
seiler at eilertech.com
Sun Jan 2 12:27:41 PST 2011
Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:19:28 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> I'd guess most of the growth is spam. Most of the groups I used to
>> post to look like post-apocalyptic junkyards now.
>
> I doubt it - spam moves with the people, after all. Nobody's gonna bother
> to spam a place with no eyeballs - there isn't any profit in it.
I don't think the spammers put that much thought into where they spam.
They're just running the same old tired software that'll put their ads
wherever they can.
> As for where I post from, currently I use a free Usenet server - Eternal
> September - and 40tude Dialog to post with. The latter's the closest thing
> to the bygone Forte Free Agent that I've seen. (Forte Agent itself is still
> around, but there's no free version. Then again, I've finally broken down
> and registered mIRC...)
Just yesterday I signed up for Eternal September so I can give up Google
Groups. It's nice to see messages in threads again...
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