[Info-vax] This is for the folks who get comp.os.vms via the Info-VAX mailing list

[Dave McGuire]

On 11/28/23 15:12, Ken Robinson wrote:
> Everyone else can ignore this post...
> 
> I've put in a filter to kill any posts that come from Google groups, but 
> I'm not sure if it's filtering out legitimate posts. I haven't seen a 
> non-spam post since I put the filter in place.

   Thank you.  We just took the difficult but carefully-considered step 
of adding google-groups.googlegroups.com to bad_paths in our cleanfeed 
configuration on our news server this evening.  It seems news admins all 
over the place are doing that now, just over the past few weeks.

   It's like the Eternal September transition all over again, only a 
thousand times worse.  Our NNTP feed went from taking about 4% of our 
downstream bandwidth to about 70% over the past two months because of 
Google's spam.  Complaints fall on deaf ears.

   Yes, legitimate posts are getting whacked.  Smart people shouldn't be 
using Google Groups for Usenet access. (or Gmail for email, either!) 
It's time to face the reality: Google has turned evil.

             -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA