Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!hellgate.utah.edu!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ace.ee.lbl.gov!jef From: jef@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Old Group Deletion Procedures Message-ID: <3871@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 26 Sep 89 22:01:04 GMT References: <3137@ur-cc.UUCP> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: Jef PoskanzerOrganization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal Lines: 28 In the referenced message, leadley@cc.rochester.edu wrote: }/usr/spool/news/soc/politics/arms-d Mar 23 1989 }/usr/spool/news/comp/os/cpm/amethyst Mar 10 1989 }/usr/spool/news/comp/theory/info-retrieval Dec 6 1988 Here's what I find at my site. Zero activity for four to six months: alt.gourmand May 16 1989 moderated ddn.newsletter May 13 1989 moderated inet alt.sources.amiga Apr 28 1989 moderated comp.lang.idl Apr 14 1989 inet soc.politics.arms-d Apr 3 1989 moderated Zero activity for over six months: comp.theory.info-retrieval Dec 20 1988 moderated comp.society Oct 29 1988 moderated Does anyone besides me detect a pattern here? ^^^^^^^^^ } Can newsgroups die or are they immortal? See .sig quote below, which I swear was chosen randomly. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer pokey@well.sf.ca.us {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!pokey "Immortality consists largely of boredom." -- Zefrem Cochrane