Interesting. I may even have spotted a poster I know from a motoring NG.

However, how would a layperson (or peasant) find one of these, and what
would be the point, since one is testing one's connection/subscription to a
specific NG, not a test group?

DAS

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E.g.:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.test.here

There are dozens all over the Usenet.

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Norman
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