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   
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