| For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the | alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these | groups? For example, redirecting the contents of alt.2600 to, say, | comp.2600 (because this firewall allows the comp.xxx groups through). | Or any other hacks around this inconvenience?

( im gonna work this back onto topic.. just watch. :) ) There is a rather lengthy FAQ that explains about a zillion different ways to get your paws on whichever newsgroups you desire. Its called "How to Receive Banned News Groups FAQ" and you can find it at: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/banned-groups-faq.html (here it comes..) In addition to covering topics relating to finding what you want in the way of usenet news, it also has a pretty well thought out anti-censorship rant towards the end, and gives pointers to some open NNTP servers, and freenets where you can obtain free access to usenet news. There is also a short list of mail to news gateways, which is useful if you would like to post to usenet via a remailer (or if your sysadmin censors which groups you have access to). (Ok.. maybe not totally on topic.. i tried.. blegh) have a day.