Per Duke of Hazard:
>Sometimes google groups is entirely down for many hours. I get the
>impression folks at Google don't care too much about it anymore, what
>do you think.

I'll use Google Groups for a quick post when I run into some
technical problem at work - hoping to find some replies when I
get home or before work the next day.

Having said that... I find a web-based interface *really*
cumbersome for reading NGs - and can't imagine relying on Google
Groups exclusively.

I've use Forete's "Agent" for both eMail and NGs practically
since it first came out and am a happy camper. Also, it seems
to me like Outlook does NGs too. If server access were an issue
and I couldn't afford $12.00 per year for Individual.net - and,
I'd try some of the many freebie NG servers - after, of course,
verifying that my provider didn't have NG servers (Verizon does,
for one...)
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PeteCresswell