Re: How to find history/origins/stats of a newsgroup??

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Nathan J. Mehl (memory@blank.org)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:42:07 -0500


In the immortal words of Nick Zitzmann (nickzman@eskimo.com):
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> Speaking of which, do any of you Usenet gurus remember a guy named
> tomservo@netcom.com? Does anyone know who he is?

Ah yes, I remember Tom "the mad newgrouper" Servo. *spit*

He had a short-lived bout of fame as the person who would issue
newgroups for _any_ group proposed in alt.config, and for a while
was publishing an "alternative" How-to-create-an-alt-group FAQ
that was basically just instructions on how to properly send a
newgroup control message and a bunch of vituperation at some
alt.config regulars.

Legend has it that he later changed his mind a bit and became a
one of the alt.config curmudgeons a la Joel Furr, but I wouldn't
know, since I killfiled the bozo (and nuked him out of my control.ctl's)
pretty instantly.

-Nathan J. Mehl

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