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[Fajar Priyanto]

On Monday 22 October 2007 19:34:05 Steve Flynn wrote:
> Yes - it's alive, kicking and as strong as ever.
>
> > Because my ISP had stopped it's news server long time ago.
>
> NNTP is expensive for an ISP to support - as a result it's one of the
> first things to go in cost cutting exercises.
>
> > Which NNTP do you use?
>
> Giganews.

I remember a long time ago that one of the first online (web) newsgroup is 
dejanews.com. Now it's redirected to google groups.
Actually what is the different between mailing list (with online reading) and 
newsgroup? Why people still use newsgroup?

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