This newsgroup (comp.lang.python) may soon be blocked by Google Groups

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 4:01 AM, superchromix <markb77 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Our own programming discussion newsgroup, located at comp.lang.idl-pvwave, started receiving spam messages several months ago.
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> Two weeks ago, access to comp.lang.idl-pvwave was blocked by Google Groups.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Seeing the spam postings in this newsgroup, I expect something similar may happen to comp.lang.python, soon.
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Pot, meet Kettle.

Most of our worst spam comes FROM the Google Groups bridge. If they
cut the connection, I would not be sorry.

ChrisA