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

[Jack Dangler]

On 02/01/2018 12:06 PM, alister via Python-list wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
Is it possible to name an 'owner' and then get into the group archive to 
remove the spam by account "recovery" ?