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  • Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and com.lang.fortran are now read only at google groups

    From Joe Pfeiffer@pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 12:14:54 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    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?
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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 14:19:19 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    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.
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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 17:22:01 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> writes:

    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

    Ah, OK. When I originally posted that I was reading from e-s, it was
    pointed out to me that I couldn't post. Which seemed very odd, under the circumstances.
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