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

[codewizard at gmail.com]

On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 6:45:18 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 2/9/18 6:19 PM, codew... 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

Regardless of what the policies are and how well they're enforced,
if the mailing list is cut off from GG, I will stop reading it.
Probably not a big loss to anyone else, but you might wonder how many others are in the same situation...

Regards,
Igor.