The reason I bring this up is to point out that the removal of the alt.* groups does not necessarily mean the people removing those groups are trying to censor anything, but may just be trying to reduce the resources eaten by news on their systems and network.

That is a good point Mike. From a smart business perspective though you would want to ask current customers to send a list of the ones they read BEFORE you start dropping them. Tim Cook <twcook@cts.com> Linux Expert (wannabe!)