In article <[email protected]>, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:29:23 -0700 (PDT), saraheartburn > <[email protected]> declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.misc: > > > > Just go to Google & sign up for Google Groups - no fuss, no bother, no > > $$$. Many, but not all, of the USENET Groups are easily accessible > > there. > > > If they aren't available via NNTP... I don't consider them "easily > accessible"... No filters, no batch download and read off-line, etc. Many share your opinion. Many also know that Google Groups is the source of tons of junk/spam, and the source of lots of bad habits like failing to quote *any* of the relevant portions of articles when responding, etc., and they therefore filter out *all* such articles. Maybe overkill, but... -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama