On Jun 14, 11:48�am, "James Silverton" >
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> �Mark �wrote �on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:24:24 -0400:
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> > James Silverton wrote:
> >> I note that a number of posters here have Verizon.net
> >> addresses like me.
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> >> You might like to know, according to a message I have just
> >> received, that Verizon intends to discontinue the alt.*
> >> groups on its news server on June 24. In addition, the useful
> >> ba.food group that was discussed here recently will also go.
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> > I'd heard about that, too, James. �One suggestion that I'll
> > offer to Verizon customers with no other Usenet access apart
> > from Google is the several free Usenet servers that exist, all
> > of which carry alt.food.wine (I think). �The one I use (aioe)
> > is reliable enough that I haven't even bothered looking into
> > Usenet access via my new cable provider (Comcast).Here's a
> > small list of the ones that I know of:
> > nntp.aioe.org
> > drooper.mixmin.net*
> > news.motzarella.org
> > news.x-privat.org**
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> By the way, Mark my apologies for not trying motzarella. All I found was
> real cheese because I was relying on my memory and spelling it
> mozzarella or mozarella :-)
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> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
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> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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Glad teranews is working for you.
I use Google, but also have a Motzarella account, both work well if
differently.