[ This seems to be straying from LSTOWN's purview, so I'll keep ] [ it short. ] >There are LOTS of hosts that don't offer NetNews [...] If you >could offer a service that would let individuals subscribe (send >and receive) to SPECIFIC news groups [...] If this were to ever become reality, I would IMMEDIATELY dispatch an official demand that my domain NEVER be served. If the company refused, I would install mailer filters to bit-bucket that company's mailings. I suspect that you'd run into similar requests from any- one who already has Usenet. >You might also think of running an "automated" clipping service. Let >people define a set of keywords (with appropriate boolean logic, i.e., >macintosh or powermac and not "flame on" for example) to receive messages >from all lists or a defined subset (comp.sys.* for example). While this has potential, it's a tough proposition. Our Usenet host, carrying a fairly complete selection of newsgroups, pulls in anywhere from 90 to 110 Mbytes *per day*. That's an awful lot of stuff to query/archive... --Wes