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   Retro Guy to Joe Pfeiffer   
   Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++,   
   01 Nov 23 13:24:41   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++, comp.arch   
   From: retroguy@novabbs.org   
      
   On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:19:19 -0600   
   Joe Pfeiffer  wrote:   
      
   > Michael S  writes:   
   >   
   > > On Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:14:54 -0600   
   > > Joe Pfeiffer  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> 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?   
   > >   
   > > Read-only. No posting. Neither newtopics nor followups. None. Nada.   
   >   
   > But I posted this followup to comp.arch through eternal-september.   
      
   You can post from anywhere you want that carries the group, you just   
   can't post from google groups   
      
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   Retro Guy   
      
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