| >> Because you're using a news-server that's broken. | >>
| >>> I have removed the .au from the original link, so has Google | >>> Global got it wrong too? | >>>
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| >> Did you _look_ at that link? | >>
| >> The most recent posting there is from 2-1/2 years ago. In the | >> year before that, there are about two dozen threads, most of | >> which are spam. | >
| > Yes I did read it, and I do know it was over 2 years ago, but it "DID" | > exist , I thought someone here said it "NEVER" existed, and if they | > didn't, I apologise, my bad. | | What has been said (many, many, times) is that it only existed | on mis-configured servers. The r.a.m.m group was never valid, | and postings to it would never have propagated to normal, | properly configured news servers. | | Despite repeated explanations of how Usenet works, why it's not | a valid group (and never was), and why it does show up on some | broken servers, people keep pointing to some mis-configured | server (such as
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| and shouting "There it is! It's a real newsgroup!".| | I'm done explaining it. If people want to post to to r.a.m.m | on their broken news-server, that's fine -- but pointing others | to that group is doing them a disservice. | | -- | Grant Edwards grante Yow! Hello, GORRY-O!! I'm | at a GENIUS from HARVARD!! | visi.com
ok, thanx got ya!