Re: Boy, this newsgroup has certainly been taken over!

XS11E <xs11e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
BTW, my server is Highwinds. Cox used to run their own then decided to
use Highwinds instead so that their customers could enjoy longer
retention along with sporge, frequent outages and general FUBAR
operations.

You may want to look at another News-server, at least for backup.

Why? News Admins are contemplating to 'UDP' [1] Highwinds' servers
(and RoadRunner's and ...). See news.admin.net-abuse.policy [2] for
details.

The latest word is that Highwinds *is* taking action, but we've heard
that story before, so ...

[1] For some value of "UDP", i.e. passive, active, filtering, NoCeM,
cancelling, de-peering, <whatever>.

[2] (Robo) Moderated group. Strong stomach required. 'Friend' present.
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