Hey gang,
>
> I've been gone since Verizon decided about a year ago to discontinue
> several entire UseNet groups from the newservers--among them the .alt
> collection. Tried GoogleGroups for a while but never got comfortable
> with the interface. Now Verizon is totally dropping all newservers
> from their service. It's like a government program--less for more! >
> That got me off my butt and following some friend's advice, found
> another newserver that is fast, free and offers all of the text-only
> UseNet groups. No binaries, but that's not important.
Eternal September? Good choice.
Welcome back.