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

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Nick Zitzmann (nickzman@eskimo.com)
15 Jan 98 14:30:09 -0800

On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 9:42 AM, Nathan J. Mehl <mailto:memory@blank.org>
wrote:
:) 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.

Well, as things turn out, he created the newsgroup in which I maintain the
FAQ (alt.games.final-fantasy). The newsgroup itself is also one of the top
20 alt groups in terms of traffic... <8*)

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