Re: Faux alt groups

[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:

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> In article <[email protected]>,
> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >noel wrote:
> >> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:58:29 +0000, The Doctor wrote:
> >>> noel  <[email protected]>wrote:
> >>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:47:16 -0600, Idlehands wrote:
> >>>>> On 2026-07-23 6:27 a.m., noel wrote:
> >> >>>>> On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:51:29 -0600, Idlehands wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> On 2026-07-22 9:44 a.m., The Doctor wrote:
> >> >>>>>>> In article
> >> >>>>>>> <[email protected]>,
> >> >>>>>>> Adam W. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>> The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>>>>>>>> So is is official?
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> Is there an official alt.* list? I'm not aware of such list.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> Check isc.org .
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Do everyone a favour binky(Word used by paedophiles to indicate
> >> >>>>>> their joy of child sexual molestation) and post a direct link to
> >> >>>>>> this so-called list, it certainly doesn't pop up anywhere obvious
> >> >>>>>> when I go there.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Just a link, that's all.  You can post a link can't you>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> There is one, ISC only host it, they generate it daily, it is  "just
> >> >>>>> a list", no idea why some thinks its official with alt or free
> >> >>>>> hierachies, I think Russ generates it a script that likely hasn't
> >> >>>>> been touched in a decade or two, maybe from a server or control
> >> >>>>> groups over time, dunno...
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> https://downloads.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/newsgroups
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> alt.drwho is not on it, but our server has had that group since 2017
> >> >>>>> going by posts, and the handful i looked at from back then, did not
> >> >>>>> appear cross posts, someone may have created it, and may have deleted
> >> >>>>> it,
> >> >>>>> dunno, we dont honour rmgroups... and I certainly wont have any group
> >> >>>>> logs from nearly 10 years ago :)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> it certainly  isnt in the most obvious of places thats for sure.
> >> >>
> >> >> So many bogus groups coming from the alt hierarchy.
> >> >
> >> > Wrong.  there is no such thing as a bogus group in alt.*  or free.*
> >> > 
> >> > anyone can create whatever group they want in alt/free, thats the ENTIRE
> >> > point of them, just because SOME news admins CHOOSE not to honor
> >> > newgroups in there ( Russ, abd I believe E-S are eg's that do not) does
> >> > not mean its a bogus group, or it doesnt exist, or is fake or is any damn
> >> > thing else your pea sized drug fucked brain conjours up. Thats just a
> >> > newsmasters personal choice to not carte blanche accept alt or free
> >> > newgroups, MOST of us DO - since thats its entire purpose and there is
> >> > usually no harm in it (except it seems to a select few peoples ego)
> 
> Inconsistent for you.

Probably needs a fact check.

> >I'm not a Usenet expert but this is a very interesting discussion.
> >
> >Thanks for sharing, everyone.
> >
> >😏

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