-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gunshannon
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Triumphs USENET Newsgroup?
>> If you post to one of these groups, your message is ultimately
>> forwarded to the news server that "owns" the group.
>Sorry, wrong. No one person or server "owns" any USENET group.
Well, yes. That is why I put the word "owns" in quotes.
So how does a newsgroup get started? You mentioned that it is
hard to start a new rec.* newsgroup. Is there more to it than
just convincing your friendly ISP to add a new group to their
outgoing news feed?
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