Douglas Adams on USENET!
Yes, it is from 1993. Still very cool though: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/browse_frm/thread/29b40b7d2300ce6e/1bde2619252bd648#1bde2619252bd648 An excerpt: Hi, I've finally managed to get a...
Spammer gets up to 26 years prison!
Speaking of spam, Robert Soloway, the man authorities had dubbed "the king of spam" is facing a possible 26 year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion. Apparently, Soloway raked in more...
Anniversary of SPAM!
March 31st is the 15 year anniversary of the first "SPAM" message. The USENET can take credit for being the first online medium to experience the phenomenon so many of us now hate. Supposedly, in 1993, Joel Furr, a...
Premium Account Reminder
We would like to remind all of our Premium Account subscribers that they are allowed to use two different nntp news servers. - europe.newsdemon.com port(s): 119, 443, 8080 - useast.newsdemon.com port(s): 119, 23, 8000,...
Newsdemon's first blog post!
Yeah, we know we are about a decade behind the rest of the world when it comes to generating a blog, but after many requests from customers, we have decided to add a blog. We will use this blog to discuss happenings at...