I hate this too. I really wish google groups offered a individual email option for newsgroups...it is because of the lack of this feature that I have not subscribed or participated in any usenet groups (except on quite rare occasions). I suspect that if google groups implemented this feature it'd make usenet much more accessible for the general public which would in turn result in usenet thriving even more. The second reason however is that usenet is spam infested....
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