comp.text.tex

[Torbjörn Svensson Diaz]

On 2023-11-12 22:22, Juergen Fenn wrote:
>
> Am 12.11.23 um 04:13 Uhr schrieb Bob Tennent:
>>>   What happens to comp.text.tex is entirely up to Google. -k
>> Why is that?
>
> AFAICS, Big 8 management is dead. What's more, it does not handle
> spamming. Usenet is a decentralised network of nntp servers synching one
> another. Google provides a kind of gateway to the usenet. Every server
> admin decides how to handle his own server when it comes to holding
> groups, peering, cancelling messages, or even spam management. In this
> case all spam has come from Google, so far. Some servers have blocked
> all messages from Google for about a week. But since usenet is so vast
> it is hard to watch, which is by design. OTOH, it is also hard to
> censor. As there are fewer and fewer nntp servers left, and most
> postings are coming in from Google by now, Karl is de facto right that
> in the end it is up to Google if they are willing to keep this very open
> network alive or whether they just let it happen to be flooded by spam
> messages as we have seen of late. In this respect, usenet fails by
> design. However, my usenet provider seems to become quicker on
> filtering. This makes me hope for the future of our groups.

 From Google groups:


"Effective February 22, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new 
Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new 
content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of 
historical data will still be supported as it is done today."


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Torbjörn Svensson Diaz