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|    20 Feb 24 15:39:51    |
      From: J@M              the only prediction thus far is that google shall decommission their usenet       gateway as they announced last 14 december to be effective 15 february 2024       then moved the goal posts to the persisting expectation of 22 february 2024,       so they can easily modify their public announcement without previous notice       and keep doing that until the cows come home . . . if and when their usenet       gateway is actually disconnected, then dozens of spam-friendly news servers       could experience a measurable increase in spam, troll-farm infestation, etc.       certainly some news server administrators may be motivated to tighten their       restrictions on cross-posting, user registration requirements, and throttle       server access to limit use and potential abuse; simply limiting cross-posts       to five (5) and depeering any servers that allow more would be a good start,       better if crossposting were eliminated altogether, but it will get stricter              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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