On Oct 29, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Andrew Smallshaw wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 11:23:26PM -0700, Martin Joseph wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 22, 2006, at 7:54 PM, Colin Pate wrote:
>>
>>> Could someone explain to me what this means?
>> Nothing really. It means his usenet provider is removing a group
>> that is inactive.
>
> It's rather more than that: comp.binaries.newton is disappearing
> entirely, not just from a single news server. I've seen similar
> posts regarding many other defunct groups over the last few
> months - it's just a tidying up excerise.
>
> As for what effect it will have, for all intents and purposes,
> none. People don't use newsgroups to distribute software
> anymore, which is why the group was selected for removal.
Thanks for the clarification, I am sorry I misread the original
post. Hope I didn't add to the confusion...
Marty
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