RE: [smartBridges] OFF-TOPIC newsgroups

[Kevin Summers]

Title: RE: [smartBridges] WEP encryption

Not to mention the main reason we stopped handling newsgroups at all. 90% of the traffic that we were seeing was all porn. We already don't allow porn web sites to be hosted here, and when we saw those statistics, and took a look at some of the stuff people were looking at, we decided the time, effort, equipment, and money were just not worth it.   Yes, I know there are useful newsgroups out there. Problem is nobody was using those...  :-) Kevin Summers KISTech Internet Services Inc. www.kistech.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Kevin Proctor Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] OFF-TOPIC newsgroups Newsgroups are K3WL!  Have him sign up with Supernews or one of the other subscription servers.  You do not have the time or storage space to handle the 400+ gigs of daily newsgroup postings and still have any kind of message retention.   Newsgroups operate kind of like this list, except the messages are stored on a server that users can access.  NNTP is the protocol used and it requires a reader or client like Outlook Express or Agent to access and read the messages.   The big ISP’s have newsgroup servers, but a small ISP just can’t keep up with 40,000+ newsgroups, the related storage space and the bandwidth required to handle it all.   Kevin B. Proctor Customer Service Internet and International Orders Electro Comm Distributing Inc 5015 Paris St Denver CO 90239 USA   Phone: +1-303-371-8182                 800-525-0173 FAX:    +1-303-371-8158                 800-423-8018 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sevak Avakians Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] OFF-TOPIC newsgroups   Sorry for posting this here, but I thought you people would know more about it. A customer of mine keeps asking for a newsgroup server name.  I've never used newsgroups nor know how they work, but apparently his last ISP had a newsgroup server he used.  I've found some names of free newsgroup servers on a google search, but don't know what to tell him so that he can use it. Anyone know about this? Thanks, Sevak