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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by denton-scratch on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:24AM (#36860715)
Would that be alt.sysadmin.recovery? Your post had to have an "Approved:" header. You could say "Approved: yes", "Approved: no" or "Approved: xyzzy" - it didn't matter.

I expect there were other groups that needed an Approved: header to post.

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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by gadders on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:31PM (#36867139)
It was the same method as that, but the group was alt.hackers I think.

https://www.samiam.org/alt.hackers.html

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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by wizofaus on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:32AM (#36875410)
Peak of 70 postings a month? Surely that'd be the threshold for "largely abandoned" for almost any forum these days...
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