Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Lynn
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read >>only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Lynn
You mean the spam floods that Google openly condones and possibly also >facilitates in order to promote its own group services?
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Same as comp.lang.c as has been mentioned elsewhere >(<iMWdnVed06hwqtz4nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> for example). Good. I >wonder how that works. Was some algorithm at googlegroups triggered and >automatically took the measure (or notified a human) or do they have some >employee at Google regularly take a few minutes of their time once per >several weeks to have a short look at googlegroups to see how things are >working ? I will guess the latter because an algorithm would have acted much >sooner.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Same as comp.lang.c as has been mentioned elsewhere (<iMWdnVed06hwqtz4nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> for example). Good. I wonder how that works. Was some algorithm at googlegroups triggered and automatically took the measure (or notified a human) or do they have some employee at Google regularly take a few minutes of their time once per several weeks to have a short look at googlegroups to see how things are working ? I will guess the latter because an algorithm would have acted much sooner.
On 10/31/23 21:09, Spiros Bousbouras wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Same as comp.lang.c as has been mentioned elsewhere
(<iMWdnVed06hwqtz4nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> for example). Good. I >> wonder how that works. Was some algorithm at googlegroups triggered and
automatically took the measure (or notified a human) or do they have some
employee at Google regularly take a few minutes of their time once per
several weeks to have a short look at googlegroups to see how things are
working ? I will guess the latter because an algorithm would have acted much >> sooner.
Bad actors ruining legitimate experience because of a half-assed
solution, a tale as old as time.
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user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
Lynn
You mean the spam floods that Google openly condones and possibly also >facilitates in order to promote its own group services?
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now
read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now
read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
According to George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net>:
Lynn
You mean the spam floods that Google openly condones and possibly also >>facilitates in order to promote its own group services?
I think you vastly overestimate how much anyone at Google cares about Groups. >The whole thing has been on autopilot for years, it can't possibly be making >them enough money to deal with the hassle.
FWIW I get plenty of spam directly from Groups when people yet again load
up a spam list and blast out mail in languages I cannot read.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Same as comp.lang.c as has been mentioned elsewhere (<iMWdnVed06hwqtz4nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> for example). Good. I wonder how that works. Was some algorithm at googlegroups triggered and automatically took the measure (or notified a human) or do they have some employee at Google regularly take a few minutes of their time once per several weeks to have a short look at googlegroups to see how things are working ? I will guess the latter because an algorithm would have acted much sooner.
The major point here is that Google provides (some semblence of) spam >filtering - but only for its own groups.
According to Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now
read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.
People continue to read those groups all over the place. You
couldn't stop if if you wanted to.
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:14:54 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
According to Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now
read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.
People continue to read those groups all over the place. You
couldn't stop if if you wanted to.
Ummm.... so they allow followups but not new topics?
Read-only. No posting. Neither newtopics nor followups. None. Nada.
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:19:19 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:14:54 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
According to Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now >>>>>>> read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.
People continue to read those groups all over the place. You
couldn't stop if if you wanted to.
Ummm.... so they allow followups but not new topics?
Read-only. No posting. Neither newtopics nor followups. None. Nada.
But I posted this followup to comp.arch through eternal-september.
You can post from anywhere you want that carries the group, you just
can't post from google groups
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:14:54 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
According to Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now >>>>>> read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.
People continue to read those groups all over the place. You
couldn't stop if if you wanted to.
Ummm.... so they allow followups but not new topics?
Read-only. No posting. Neither newtopics nor followups. None. Nada.
But I posted this followup to comp.arch through eternal-september.
There has been some confusion in this thread recently. Anyone with an account can read and post messages using Eternal September. The "read
only" is apparently just Google Groups. That is, anyone can read any
article through Google Groups, but no one can post new articles nor
replies to the group using Google Groups.
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:19:19 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:14:54 -0600
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
According to Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now
read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
No, I'm reading through Eternal September.
That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.
People continue to read those groups all over the place. You
couldn't stop if if you wanted to.
Ummm.... so they allow followups but not new topics?
Read-only. No posting. Neither newtopics nor followups. None. Nada.
But I posted this followup to comp.arch through eternal-september.
You can post from anywhere you want that carries the group, you just
can't post from google groups
No, I'm reading through Eternal September. Blocking posts with Thai characters eliminates nearly all of the flood for me (but geez, it's
awful that it's necessary).
On 11/1/2023 5:40 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
No, I'm reading through Eternal September. Blocking posts with Thai
characters eliminates nearly all of the flood for me (but geez, it's
awful that it's necessary).
Anybody know can you do that blocking with Thunderbird?
On 11/1/2023 5:40 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
No, I'm reading through Eternal September. Blocking posts with Thai
characters eliminates nearly all of the flood for me (but geez, it's
awful that it's necessary).
Anybody know can you do that blocking with Thunderbird?
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