On Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:01:35 -0800, superchromix wrote:
> Our own programming discussion newsgroup, located at
> comp.lang.idl-pvwave, started receiving spam messages several months
> ago.
>
> Two weeks ago, access to comp.lang.idl-pvwave was blocked by Google
> Groups.
>
> When trying to access comp.lang.idl-pvwave, a message is now displayed,
> stating that the group owner needs to remove the spam, and can then
> apply to Google in order to have access reinstated.
>
> However, old public Usenet groups like this have no owner. The
> comp.lang.idl-pvwave group is more than 20 years old. Hence, there is
> no way to unblock the group.
>
> This is a serious problem, since the entire collection of postings going
> back many years has been blocked, no just the spam. This resource is
> frequently used by IDL programmers.
>
> Seeing the spam postings in this newsgroup, I expect something similar
> may happen to comp.lang.python, soon.
simple solution stop using google groups & use either the mailing list or
a news server with an NNTP client
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