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

[Richard Damon]

On 2/9/18 6:19 PM, codewizard at gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 5:03:45 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 2/9/18 4:12 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM,  <codew... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2:48:17 PM UTC-5, Chris Green wrote:
>>>>> codew... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:15:16 PM UTC-5, pyotr filipivich wrote:
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>           Those of us who do not use google-groups may not notice the loss
>>>>>>> of the google groupies.
>>>>>> I use GG to read comp.lang.python because of the following combination
>>>>>> of factors. I would definitely be happier if there was another way to
>>>>>> do this, so that I wouldn't have to wade through lots of spam.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - I read it from both home and work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - I can't install any additional software at work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - There is no newsgroup reader software available at work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - GG tracks read/unread status of every post. This is shared
>>>>>>       between work and home through my Google account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - When I (very rarely) post from work, I can't
>>>>>>       do it by email, since outgoing email is blocked.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Alternative approach, what I do:-
>>>>>
>>>>>       Run a text mode (but very capable and mouse aware) newsreader on
>>>>>       my home system, read news locally using that.
>>>>>
>>>>>       Use ssh (is that available at worK?) to connect from work to home
>>>>>       and run the same newsreader in the same environment. If you can't
>>>>>       even ssh from work then you can always use an 'ssh from the web'
>>>>>       app from your wenb browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> The newsreader I use is tin by the way.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chris Green
>>>>> ·
>>>> ssh would be even a bigger problem here. As I mentioned, I can't even email
>>>> from work to the outside! All web sites that provide remote connectivity
>>>> tools are blocked.
>>> ... yet they're okay with you browsing newsgroups? I think you may
>>> have a Layer Eight conflict here.
>>>
>>> ChrisA
>> If he can browse, he can get E-Mail with Gmail/Yahoo/AOL/etc, his normal
>> mail ISP likely even supports some form of Web Mail Client.
>>
>> If they are blocking these, but not Google Groups, there is a major
>> disconnect in the rules.
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Damon
> Disconnect or not, I can browse GG and post replies (e.g., this one).
> I have no access to gmail or any other email provider.
>
> Regards,
> Igor.

My guess then is that your access to google groups is also against your 
companies policies, they just haven't put an enforcement in their 
firewalls because it is too obscure for the IT department to have 
thought of.

Based on the sort of broad blocking they are doing, I am a bit surprised 
they seem to be black listing rather than white listing the web.

-- 
Richard Damon