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   Joe Pfeiffer to John Levine   
   Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++,   
   01 Nov 23 12:14:54   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++, comp.arch   
   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   John Levine  writes:   
      
   > According to Joe Pfeiffer  :   
   >>Lynn McGuire  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++, and comp.lang.fortran are now   
   >>> read only at google groups to stop the spam floods.   
   >>   
   >>No, I'm reading through Eternal September.   
   >   
   > That's "read only" as in they don't let people post new articles.   
   >   
   > People continue to read those groups all over the place.  You   
   > couldn't stop if if you wanted to.   
      
   Ummm.... so they allow followups but not new topics?   
      
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