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   Joe Pfeiffer to Michael S   
   Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++,   
   01 Nov 23 14:19:19   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++, comp.arch   
   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   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.   
      
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