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

    From R Daneel Olivaw@Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid to comp.arch on Wed Mar 11 11:41:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.arch

    Quadibloc wrote:
    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


    We all know what Google did to stop their Groups spamming permanently,
    it is two years ago now. I'm just replying to this post to see the
    effect it has on one particular server.
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  • From JJ@jj4public@gmail.com to comp.arch on Thu Mar 12 08:44:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.arch

    On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:41:32 +0100, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
    Quadibloc wrote:
    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


    We all know what Google did to stop their Groups spamming permanently,
    it is two years ago now. I'm just replying to this post to see the
    effect it has on one particular server.

    Why didn't all usenet servers ban & block Google's usenet backend (client?)server?
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