[Info-vax] A cry for help

[Neil Rieck]

On Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 5:45:58 PM UTC-5, Michael S wrote:
> On Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 2:34:18 PM UTC+2, Neil Rieck wrote: 
> > On Monday, November 20, 2023 at 8:20:47 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > > On 2023-11-19, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST... at vmssoftware.com> wrote: 
> > > > On 11/19/2023 6:28 AM, Mark Daniel wrote: 
> > > >> On 19/11/2023 20:52, Fred. Zwarts wrote: 
> > > >>> Op 19.nov.2023 om 03:03 schreef Mark Daniel: 
> > > > 
> > > >>>> Injection-Info contains: google-groups.googlegroups.com 
> > > >>> works very well in Thunderbird 115.4.2. 
> > > >> 
> > > >> It DOES! 115.4.3 for mine. 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Thought I'd previously tried this without success. Go figure. 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Much less of a sledgehammer. 
> > > >> 
> > > > 
> > > > As a Thunderbird user with no filters, I've seen no spam posts all week. 
> > > > 
> > > According to your headers, you appear to be using Eternal September 
> > > and they are currently doing the filtering on your behalf. 
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, they sometimes filter genuine posts as well that have 
> > > wrongly been classified as spam. 
> > > 
> > > Simon. 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> > > Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear. 
> > I wonder if there is something wrong with the group settings of cov 
> > Our group allows anyone to post 
> > Other groups only allow group members to post (so they need to have a google account, and must first authenticate). Perhaps this is how they control throttling (like posts per minute). 
> > I have sent a note to google asking how to change these settings 
> > If the settings cannot be changed, then I wonder if we shouldn't create a new group titled comp.os.openvms 
> > 
> > Neil Rieck 
> > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 
> > https://neilrieck.net
> comp.os.vms is not a Google group. It is a Usenet group that can be accessed, 
> apart from other means, via Google's web portal. 
> Usenet does not have a notion of group membership.

Then I wonder who set the privacy settings for comp.os.linux (gets SPAM but is tiny by comparison to comp.os.vms) because clicking "about" on comp.os.linux reveals that anyone posting there must have a google account. 

On a related note, we could create a new group called comp.os.openvms then set the privacy settings to be more restirctive.

Neil Rieck 
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 
https://neilrieck.net