From: nemo@erewhon.invalid   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > The soc.genealogy.britain groupon GoogleGroups carries the following   
   > notice:   
   >   
   > =====   
   >  Banned Content Warning   
   > The group that you are attempting to view (soc.genealogy.britain) has   
   > been identified as containing spam, malware or other malicious   
   > content. Content in this group is now limited to view-only mode for   
   > those with access.   
   >   
   > Group owners can request an appeal after they have taken steps to   
   > clean up potentially offensive content in the forum. For more   
   > information about content policies on Google Groups, please see our   
   > Help Centre article on abuse and our Terms of Service.   
   > =====   
   >   
   > It seems to me that the people at Google have evaded the issue. Most   
   > of the spammers are those with gmail addresses, and all they wuill do   
   > is move to other groups and destroy them. What they need to do is ban   
   > the spammers, not ban the group.   
      
   Agree.   
      
   Is there a "group owner" for soc.genealogy.britain? There certainly is   
   no moderator (as we have seen) - nor woud I be willing to take on the   
   job!   
      
   Mind you, Google Groups is not Usenet, much as it would like people to   
   think it is, and  it seem to me that soc.genealogy.britain is working   
   very nicely for people who have proper usenet readers.   
      
   Happy New Year!   
      
   J.   
      
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