From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:57:50 +1000 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] UUCP Maps In-Reply-To: <3AD6DC6D-943C-4659-929C-E46EF14FA68D@orthanc.ca> References: <4E5EF9AB-6F41-4EB7-B48E-C502C8D87DC0@orthanc.ca> <4C1F271F-A4CC-4DCA-BD6E-7220ECA3AD82@orthanc.ca> <3AD6DC6D-943C-4659-929C-E46EF14FA68D@orthanc.ca> Message-ID: On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I remember when the newsgroup traffic on Usenet hit 5 MB/day. I think > that was the third "death of the net" predicted event. Then someone > stepped up and explained (in a newsgroup) how to work your way through > the entire mess, using very optimized applications of rn and kill files > :-) Where is Henry Spencer these days, anyway?! For me, the death happened when thanks to the "cancel wars" the newsgroup ctl.cancel had the highest volume; at that moment I shut down our NNTP feed and went to mailing lists. Knowing utzoo!henry (and I did meet him when he was visiting Australia) I have no doubt that he's around somewhere. -- Dave