__/ [ JEDIDIAH ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 05:48 \__
> On 2006-07-25, Gilbert Conford <gillytrainboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks Roy Schestowich for nothing.
>>
>> I emailed them and they said there was far too much SPAM in the group so
>> they shut it down.
>
> In the grand scheme of things, all of the bandwidth "wasted" by COLA
> amounts to no more than a boil on the butt of a gnat that happens to be
> buzzing around a boil on the butt of any reasonably complete usenet feed.
Or the dimple on the pimple on a fly's right nut.
> [deletia]
>
> Get some perspective.
To elaborate, while the number of fresh thread is increased, server retention
goes by the number of posts, not the number of threads.
Best wishes,
Roy
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