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[QUOTE="Alan J. Flavell, post: 4802639"]
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If I have an *urgent* question, I would:

[i] refer to the documentation
[ii] use a search engine.

Google has excellent search engines.  It's a pity their gateway into
usenet is the way that it is, but the Usenauts have been grumbling
about it for long enough that if GG cared what the Usenauts think,
they would have done something about it.  Instead, they give the
impression of hijacking Usenet for their own purposes[1]

I don't think anyone is denying that.  Each individual has to take the
decision whether they can spare the time to trawl through the dross to
find the occasional gem.  My choice has been - like our network
administrator - that some sources have been set to "default deny".
There are other routes by which one can become aware that a particular
poster belongs in the exceptions list.

Now I really must stop getting side-tracked by this.

cheers

[1] Now who was it who said, in an analogous situation, something like
"I *know* what the Internet is for, and you shan't have it" ?  I must
have misremembered the wording, because google can't find it.[/i][/b]
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