Re: [OT] Google Groups in bad odour

2008-12-10 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
Frank Millman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all > > I know there have been complaints about spam on Google Groups over the > last few months, with some members rejecting all traffic from them. > > You might be interested in this comment I got in a reply from someone > on comp.os.linux.setup - >

Re: [OT] Google Groups in bad odour

2008-12-10 Thread Cousin Stanley
> > I will therefore have to find a suitable news client. > Any recommendations ? Frank You might try the python-based xpn news client http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html To thine own snake be true :-) -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona -

Re: [OT] Google Groups in bad odour

2008-12-10 Thread Peter Pearson
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:20:24 -0800 (PST), Frank Millman wrote: > . . . I will therefore have to find a suitable news client. Any > recommendations? I'm a happy user of slrn. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Google Groups in bad odour

2008-12-10 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:20:24 -0800, Frank Millman wrote: > Unfortunately it seems that their newsgroup does not have a mail > gateway, so I cannot use gmane. (Please correct me if I am wrong). I > will therefore have to find a suitable news client. Any recommendations? Pan and KNode. -- Steven

[OT] Google Groups in bad odour

2008-12-10 Thread Frank Millman
Hi all I know there have been complaints about spam on Google Groups over the last few months, with some members rejecting all traffic from them. You might be interested in this comment I got in a reply from someone on comp.os.linux.setup - "If you want to be read by a wider audience, you really