Thanks for the heads up. 2010/12/17 RobG <[email protected]>: > > > On Dec 16, 5:35 am, Balázs Galambosi <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wonder if google groups is safe from spam... Just look what happened >> to comp.lang.javascript > > And who is to blame for that? > > clj is not a Google Group, it is a Usenet news group. The vast > majority of the spam there is from entities using Google gmail > accounts (i.e. Google itself). > > Most NNTP servers remove the spam so that those using a news reader > don't see it. Google chooses not to so that those using it's web > interface (Google Groups) see it all. Google has a "report spam" > feature, but it seems to have no effect whatever on accounts that are > clearly being used for nothing other than spam. > > That should tell you something about Google's attitude to the Usenet > groups it presents using it's Groups interface. > > > -- > Rob > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] >
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