Thomas Jollans <t...@tjol.eu> wrote: > > Welcome to python-list/comp.lang.python! > > This isn't originally a Google group. Google just mirrors the old USENET > group, which is awash with spam. > > There is also a mailing list version of this group (posts are mirrored > both ways) at https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > The mailing list has proper spam filtering and some moderation. None (or > barely any) of the regulars use Google Groups. Some people use USENET > directly and maintain their own extensive filtering regime to make it > readable. Probably most of us use the mailing list, because it's just so > much nicer! > > -- Thomas
I fetch comp.lang.python from eternal.september with leafnode, and after 30 years of Usenet I recently had to install a news filter to remove the garbage. After the initial flurry the filter doesn't need much updating, but here's why it's necessary: Feb 1 comp.lang.python: 39 articles fetched 73 killed Feb 2 comp.lang.python: 43 articles fetched 57 killed Feb 3 comp.lang.python: 19 articles fetched 108 killed Feb 4 comp.lang.python: 36 articles fetched 122 killed Feb 5 comp.lang.python: 45 articles fetched 79 killed Feb 6 comp.lang.python: 68 articles fetched 93 killed Feb 7 comp.lang.python: 32 articles fetched 118 killed Feb 8 comp.lang.python: 41 articles fetched 100 killed Feb 9 comp.lang.python: 47 articles fetched 201 killed Feb 10 comp.lang.python: 44 articles fetched 137 killed Feb 11 comp.lang.python: 36 articles fetched 130 killed Feb 12 comp.lang.python: 13 articles fetched 79 killed Feb 13 comp.lang.python: 18 articles fetched 65 killed Feb 14 comp.lang.python: 34 articles fetched 72 killed Feb 15 comp.lang.python: 15 articles fetched 63 killed Feb 16 comp.lang.python: 14 articles fetched 72 killed Feb 17 comp.lang.python: 50 articles fetched 62 killed Feb 18 comp.lang.python: 37 articles fetched 35 killed Feb 19 comp.lang.python: 58 articles fetched 57 killed Feb 20 comp.lang.python: 71 articles fetched 46 killed Feb 21 comp.lang.python: 63 articles fetched 95 killed Feb 22 comp.lang.python: 35 articles fetched 91 killed Feb 23 comp.lang.python: 38 articles fetched 91 killed Feb 25 comp.lang.python: 51 articles fetched 153 killed Feb 26 comp.lang.python: 70 articles fetched 89 killed Feb 27 comp.lang.python: 64 articles fetched 68 killed Mar 1 comp.lang.python: 98 articles fetched 133 killed Mar 2 comp.lang.python: 65 articles fetched 110 killed Mar 3 comp.lang.python: 38 articles fetched 113 killed Mar 4 comp.lang.python: 31 articles fetched 16 killed Mar 5 comp.lang.python: 51 articles fetched 104 killed Mar 6 comp.lang.python: 46 articles fetched 40 killed Mar 7 comp.lang.python: 18 articles fetched 71 killed Mar 8 comp.lang.python: 44 articles fetched 85 killed Mar 9 comp.lang.python: 43 articles fetched 65 killed Mar 10 comp.lang.python: 16 articles fetched 39 killed Mar 11 comp.lang.python: 25 articles fetched 59 killed Mar 13 comp.lang.python: 43 articles fetched 186 killed Mar 14 comp.lang.python: 20 articles fetched 76 killed Mar 15 comp.lang.python: 32 articles fetched 33 killed Mar 16 comp.lang.python: 16 articles fetched 79 killed Mar 17 comp.lang.python: 11 articles fetched 69 killed Mar 18 comp.lang.python: 4 articles fetched 70 killed Mar 19 comp.lang.python: 10 articles fetched 67 killed Mar 20 comp.lang.python: 42 articles fetched 33 killed Mar 21 comp.lang.python: 43 articles fetched 77 killed Mar 22 comp.lang.python: 14 articles fetched 35 killed Mar 23 comp.lang.python: 37 articles fetched 39 killed Mar 26 comp.lang.python: 139 articles fetched 144 killed Mar 27 comp.lang.python: 83 articles fetched 86 killed Mar 28 comp.lang.python: 39 articles fetched 45 killed Mar 29 comp.lang.python: 12 articles fetched 29 killed Mar 31 comp.lang.python: 67 articles fetched 125 killed for totals of 2168 fetched and 4384 killed; that is, the group is now 2/3 spam and the volume doesn't seem to be decreasing. I don't understand why other groups gatewayed to Google Groups aren't spammed, but from a limited sample they don't seem to be. Will -- "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary." -- Hillel the Elder -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list