Rasputin wrote:
> * Hal Fulton <hal9000 / hypermetrics.com> [0901 18:01]:
>>What's the scoop on how this alert works, anyway?
> 
> 
> I assumed it was Google Groups? I prefer the summoning theory however.
> Kilfiles versus pentagrams and binding rituals, hmm....
> 

Well, I had forgotten about James Parry aka "Kibo" as I have only
heard about him and never encountered him in the real world
(of Usenet).

But his trick far predates dejanews which was bought by Google.
I assume it involves running a filter against a newsfeed.

Hal