From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2018-08-22 08:34:56 +0000, brightside said:   
      
   > On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:18:24 +0200, john   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> You have had several replies to your post and all have resolved the   
   >> problem with simple filtering in their newsgroup reader.   
   >>   
   >> So you should try the same, although, if I remember correctly, the   
   >> oldest versions of Free Agent do not have a filtering function. So you   
   >> might need to switch to another reader.   
   >>   
   >> You could also try contacting Google to see if you can get them to do   
   >> something!   
   >   
   >   
   > Google can do something about it. uk.telecom used to be spammed with   
   > many many posts offering dubious (stolen probably) credit card   
   > details, bank account details etc. All from gmail addresses all posted   
   > via google groups.   
   >   
   > Google killed the group completeley. Then they, eventually, have made   
   > uk.telecom a read only group.  But it still  archives newsgroup   
   > postings from elsewhere.   
   >   
   > Who made google do this? I have no idea!   
      
   I imagine the telecom companies are in a position to levy some   
   effective pressure on Google, but Google doesn't care what members of a   
   news group think.   
      
      
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