> On Mar 9, 2024, at 2:19 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or usenet? All the DEC
>> newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September.
>
> There has been a huge flood of spam originating from google, in various
> newsgroups, for a few months. I saw 15,000 one day in comp.os.vms
> alone. This problem has prompted google to drop usenet support from
> Groups, which happened late last month. (The existing posts are still
> accessible, they claim.) Many are largely happy about this change. ;)
I noticed that things after that time are a lot cleaner on c.o.v., I think
having a barrier to entry is a good thing, and will hopefully cut back on the
spam.
> It's possible this is related to your issue, though I see that someone
> else managed to subscribe to c.o.v. on Eternal September, so perhaps
> not.
The issue was how I started ’tin’.
> Sadly, a lot of c.o.v. regulars were using ggroups to post. Hopefully
> they take advantage of one of the alternatives.
That’s unfortunate. I switched to Eternal-September a few years ago, though I
haven’t been really active on c.o.v. for years.
Zane
