Re: spam is destroying this group [message #94931 is a reply to message #94922] |
Fri, 15 December 2017 02:55   |
Nikola
Messages: 53 Registered: November 2009
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On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 3:58:15 PM UTC, wlandsman wrote:
> On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:34:25 AM UTC-5, superchromix wrote:
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>> Why not also inquire about switching this group to "moderated"? The value of this newsgroup is the accumulated history of the messages.
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> Yes, it would be ideal to keep the same name. I have read that this is difficult because individual Usenet servers would need to be updated to identify the group as moderated, and spam could still get through on those servers that are not updated. But I have asked if this is possible on
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> news.announce.newgroups
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> --Wayne
If you still need someone to moderate the new list, I'd be happy to help. I'm in UTC+0.
Is there a way to archive the history of this group? I found a couple of tips around, but haven't tried any of these. For example:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23522705/download-all-me ssages-from-a-google-group
Best,
Nikola
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