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" ?
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