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

    From Michael S@already5chosen@yahoo.com to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 22:12:08 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    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.

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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.org to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Wed Nov 1 13:24:41 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    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
    --
    Retro Guy
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  • From Branimir Maksimovic@branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Thu Nov 2 11:45:28 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.arch.]
    On 2023-10-31, 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
    I notice by number of headers. it dropped significantly...
    --

    7-77-777, Evil Sinner! https://www.linkedin.com/in/branimir-maksimovic-6762bbaa/
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  • From Quadibloc@quadibloc@servername.invalid to comp.lang.c++,comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran on Sun Nov 5 20:19:39 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.fortran

    On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read
    only at google groups to stop the spam floods.

    Initially, when I read this, I thought that this was not the case, at least
    for comp.arch, as I had just posted there on Google Groups.

    However, somewhat later, I did try again - having switched to Eternal
    September to _read_ it without the spam flood - and I found that this
    was true... and, in addition, now Google Groups is requiring a CAPTCHA
    to post to any other group.

    John Savard
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