Re: starting newsgroup

[gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)]

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998 08:20:11 -0500 Larry Macy
<macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> writes:

>>Robert Newell
>I guess you are new. We just had this discussion a couple of weeks 
>ago. 
>The consensus was NO. I for one would not participate in a newsgroup. 
>The 
>SPAM-BOTS have all the usenet groups wired. I get enough spam on one 
>of 
>my other accounts w/o having to subject this account to the same 
>thing. 
>The delete key works well enough. Sorry but I will stick with the 
>email 
>list.
>But then again I am spoiled as 60 - 80 messages doesn't seem that long 
>on 
>an ISDN connection. This AM I had 127 to download. I went to Netscape 
>and 
>checked up on the NCAA tournement (Damn Hogs lost to Utah) whilst I 
>waited.
>
>Larry Macy

I'll add my two cents worth and totally agree with Larry.
 I just downloaded today's batch (87) which took all of about 1 minute. 
 Heck, it took me about that long to boot up the system when I came in!
I can live with a minute to two minute downloads to avoid the spammers. I
get enough "junk mail" in the black box next to the drive way!
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget