usenet reading

[David Robinow]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> I use panix.com.  For $100/year, I get mail, news, and unix shell
> access.  By some measures, it's an expensive way to get mail access, but
> I'd much rather give Panix $100 than take advantage of any of the free
> mail services who does who-knows-what with my mail.  Not to mention that
> I get access to such private newsgroups as panix.nytel.abuse.
 I'm happy enough with several of the free services and haven't used
news in over a decade, but if it works for you, great. I'm curious,
though, what makes you think that panix.com protects your privacy more
than yahoo, google, or AOL?