me@myhumbleabode.net wrote in
news:mga9l45ioseqoaklcmm4k8lt1vo1cc62ti@4ax.com:
> <barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
>
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>><me@myhumbleabode.net> wrote in message
>>news:jak6l45suutfar2oqqgc1paana5789htg8@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:11:00 GMT, TH1 <th1@x.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:31:42 -0500, me@myhouse.org wrote:
>>> >
>>> >><barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>"Alexei" <alexei@mygrad.org> wrote in message
>>> >>>news:stt1l455f0m7ruenbr6cqu8g0p5aa1qji3@4ax.com...
>>> >>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:03:01 GMT, squiggle@squiggle.squiggle
>>> >>>> (squiggle) wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Great pix, squig. And you too, Glen. My stocking is happily
>>> >>>> stuffed. thnxAlx
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>excellent selections as always.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>you guys have my appreciation
>>> >>>for plugging along.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>; )
>>> >>>best wishes always,
>>> >>>b~
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>can't you guys (especially Glen) crosspost your (much missed) pics
>>> >>to a group that at least Giganews carries (with binaries)?
>>> >>When EN yanked this group....some of us were left out in the cold.
>>> >>BRRRR
>>> >
>>> >EN carries it, but only on its old servers, not the .us or .eu
>>> >ones.
>>>
>>> Doesn't anyone agree that the amount of time this newgroup will be
>>> available here on EN is really limited? Eventually, they will shut
>>> this server down.
>>> Anyone given a thought to a game plan?
>>
>>
>>I've been wondering about that since June, when
>>the original server was "supposed" to be gone.
>>
>>The only solution I can think of is to decide on another
>>unused group, or create one, and only publish the
>>name *here* before it's really gone. It should be
>>a group available (with binaries) on the major
>>servers. Some of them carry a group, but the
>>binaries never show up, especially in the
>>"fan" situation.
>>
>>b~
>>
>
> Just for grins, I thought I'd see how easy it would be to find an
> empty group. I picked an easy-looking one, tried it, and it's empty.
>
> How 'bout a.b.pega ??
>
> It's short, got a nice 'ring' to it, and completely empty.
> (and carried by both Giga and EN)
>
> Just trying to contribute....
>
I've no objection to moving and even done a test post which works OK.
(Why wouldn't it.) EN will eventually drop this group when the new
server farms become fully operational, I'm sure. At their current
progress v. problems that could be some time though. The only downside
to a "secret" group is that posters, who have only numbered about 5 at
best, are unlikely to increase. I'm running out of stuff to post but I
don't know what others may have tucked away.
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