On May 20, 6:09*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:53:22 -0500, Stu wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:36:51 -0400, " Joe" > wrote:
>
> >>It's the end of an era. *Duke is shutting down its usenet server:
>
> >>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
>
> > Just talked to their IT dept., it won't affect us
>
> When I just called you a "newbie dweeb" in the previous post, I gave
> you way too much credit. *But it does explain why you may have
> called them.
>
> BTW, Usenet will be down for a week following the Duke server
> shutdown so that the routing tables onthe other servers can be
> redefined. *Posting during that time will just make the process take
> longer. *So please refrain from posting, stu, or you'll screw it up
> for all of us.


I just called the CEO of Usenet, and he told me that anybody, who
sends $10 cash to his PO box, will be able to post freely during the
entire transition week.