After takin' a swig o' grog, Kevin Wilcox belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> I don't know how many of you use Google to
> read newsgroups but when I am at work
> where I don't have news server access I certainly
> do.
Set up an SSH server at home and use a text-based newsreader.
(Or tunnel X through SSH if you must have the GUI.)
> This group is completely unreadable via Google
> because all that comes up page after page is
> the inane noise generated by Roy Schestowitz
> re-posting articles he has siphoned from other
> places.
slrn tends to put all of Roy's posts at the bottom, which is nice.
> This is certainly discouraging to noobs who may
> come here for some interesting information
> and end up leaving in disgust because of
> the noise.
Roy's the least of the problems here.
> Just an observation and suggestion.
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