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   candycanearter07 to Spiros Bousbouras   
   Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++,   
   31 Oct 23 22:28:11   
   
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   From: no@thanks.net   
      
   On 10/31/23 21:09, Spiros Bousbouras wrote:   
   > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:32:11 -0500   
   > Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
   >> Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now read   
   >> only at google groups to stop the spam floods.   
   >   
   > Same as  comp.lang.c  as has been mentioned elsewhere   
   > (  for example). Good. I   
   > wonder how that works. Was some algorithm at googlegroups triggered and   
   > automatically took the measure (or notified a human) or do they have some   
   > employee at Google regularly take a few minutes of their time once per   
   > several weeks to have a short look at googlegroups to see how things are   
   > working ? I will guess the latter because an algorithm would have acted much   
   > sooner.   
      
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