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|    Quadibloc to Lynn McGuire    |
|    Re: apparently comp.arch, comp.lang.c++,    |
|    05 Nov 23 20:19:39    |
      XPost: comp.lang.c++, comp.arch       From: quadibloc@servername.invalid              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.              Initially, when I read this, I thought that this was not the case, at least       for comp.arch, as I had just posted there on Google Groups.              However, somewhat later, I did try again - having switched to Eternal       September to _read_ it without the spam flood - and I found that this       was true... and, in addition, now Google Groups is requiring a CAPTCHA       to post to any other group.              John Savard              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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