On Mon, 10 Nov 1997 Stheneleos@aol.com wrote:

Since when do you need a user name and password to acess
rec.arts.anime.creative ?

I assume you mean newgroup access on www.zippo.com?  I guess there's been
so many hits on their site for that group that they're going to required
paid membership for access.  I don't know how long ago they changed it but
its still listed on their list of free access newsgroups.

-Steven Leong