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?
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.
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now readI notice by number of headers. it dropped significantly...
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
Lynn
Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
only at google groups to stop the spam floods.
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