hob wrote:

>"Old Mother Ashby" > wrote in message
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>>I think I've got a problem. The only unread messages that are
>>downloading are ones I've sent myself. I can't believe that nobody has
>>posted anything in the last five hours!
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>>Derrick's not bothered with newsgroups and can't offhand make any useful
>>suggestions. Could somebody who knows about these things help me out?
>>What have I done wrong?
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>Just in the past week or so, I have had posts that do not show up on
>newsgroups.
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>It may have something to do with the Usegroup system, or maybe even hackers
>messing with the NSA usenet-monitoring programs (we can only hope :-) )
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>Be patriotic and accept that some of your more potentially subversive posts
>will not make it, a small sacrifice for the security of this great nation.
> It is well known that food newsgroups often have secret recipes for
>bombes, and subversive food-people giving out "bad" recipes are a real and
>known threat to this great nation's food supply. (Unlike watching certain
>leader-groups bumble about, bumbling that makes said food merely hard to
>keep down.)
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>>Christine
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Goodness, hadn't thought of that? Are the spooks going to break down my
door if I request a recipe for Bombe Alaska?

It's OK now, I've just got 700 odd posts to wade through!

Christine