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

    From Chris M. Thomasson@chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 14:26:09 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On 11/1/2023 1:24 PM, Retro Guy wrote:
    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


    We can still use google groups for some searching purposes. Remember
    when they, Google, tried to outright ban comp.lang.c a while back? Not
    even able to read it...
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  • From Stephen Fuld@sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 14:31:12 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On 11/1/2023 1:19 PM, Joe Pfeiffer 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.

    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.
    --
    - Stephen Fuld
    (e-mail address disguised to prevent spam)

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  • From Jack@invalid@invalid.net to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c on Wed Nov 1 22:55:52 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On 01/11/2023 21:31, Stephen Fuld wrote:

    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.




    There is another server called "paganini.bofh.team". You don't need an
    account but spam is not allowed. People abusing the server will have
    their IP address blocked.



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  • From red floyd@no.spam.here@its.invalid to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 22:05:06 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    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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  • From David Brown@david.brown@hesbynett.no to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Thu Nov 2 09:07:31 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On 02/11/2023 06:05, red floyd wrote:
    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?


    There is now no need (at least in these groups). All the spam came
    through Google's service, and they have blocked posting.


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  • From wolfgang kern@nowhere@never.at to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Fri Nov 3 11:25:50 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On 02/11/2023 06:05, red floyd wrote:
    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?

    YES, I could make all exotic spam disappear that way [for now].
    __
    wolfgang (ES+Thunderbird)
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