From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2018-10-31 17:24:44 +0000, cecilia said:   
      
   > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:58:42 +0000, Ian Goddard   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 29/10/18 18:28, chris@dickinson.uk.net wrote:   
   >>> Apologies for posting this, but it seems the easiest way to get   
   information.   
   >>>   
   >>> I see that SGB has been closed down on Google Groups (and about time   
   >>> too) because of the spam. Is its content still available on other   
   >>> newsreaders?   
      
   1. Google Groups is not a newreader.   
      
   2. Since when did the people who run Google Groups care about spam?   
      
   3. I see negligible spam (mainly about horny girls) on   
   soc.genealogy.britain. It's easy to skip. Only Steve Hayes pays any   
   attention to it.   
      
   4. If you have a decent news server (I use news.individual.net (the   
   "German server")) most of the spam will never reach your computer.   
      
   5. Availability of particular groups depends on ghe news server, not on   
   the newreader -- which is just a program on your computer.   
      
   6. So far as news.individual.net is concerned soc.genealogy.britain is   
   as alive as it ever was.   
      
      
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks,   
   >>> Chris   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I'll post this as a test message to both groups   
   >>   
   >> Ian   
   >   
   >   
   > Seen on SGB using nntp.aioe.org   
      
      
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