9 Mar
2024
9 Mar
'24
11:50 a.m.
Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or usenet? All the DEC newsgroups appear to be
missing from Eternal September.
Zane
3:29 p.m.
On Mar 9, 2024, at 1:16 PM, Stuff Received via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2024-03-09 14:50, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
Thanks! The error was on my end, I started up ‘tin’ wrong. I was just able to access
comp.os.vms on Eternal-September, and it looks like the rest of the DEC groups are there.
Zane
Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or
usenet? All the DEC newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September.
Zane
I just subscribed to comp.os.vms on Eternal-September without issue. All seems well.
S. 
2:19 p.m.
Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or usenet?
All the DEC
newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September.
There has been a huge flood of spam originating from google, in various
newsgroups, for a few months. I saw 15,000 one day in comp.os.vms
alone. This problem has prompted google to drop usenet support from
Groups, which happened late last month. (The existing posts are still
accessible, they claim.) Many are largely happy about this change. ;)
It's possible this is related to your issue, though I see that someone
else managed to subscribe to c.o.v. on Eternal September, so perhaps
not.
Sadly, a lot of c.o.v. regulars were using ggroups to post. Hopefully
they take advantage of one of the alternatives.
De
3:37 p.m.
On Mar 9, 2024, at 2:19 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I noticed that things after that time are a lot cleaner on c.o.v., I think having a
barrier to entry is a good thing, and will hopefully cut back on the spam.
Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or
usenet? All the DEC
newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September.
There has been a huge flood of spam originating from google, in various
newsgroups, for a few months. I saw 15,000 one day in comp.os.vms
alone. This problem has prompted google to drop usenet support from
Groups, which happened late last month. (The existing posts are still
accessible, they claim.) Many are largely happy about this change. ;) It's possible this is related to your issue,
though I see that someone
else managed to subscribe to c.o.v. on Eternal September, so perhaps
not.
The issue was how I started ’tin’.
Sadly, a lot of c.o.v. regulars were using ggroups to
post. Hopefully
they take advantage of one of the alternatives.
That’s unfortunate. I switched to Eternal-September a few years ago, though I haven’t
been really active on c.o.v. for years.
Zane
12 Mar
12 Mar
8:11 p.m.
On 3/9/2024 1:50 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or usenet?
All the DEC newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September.
Zane
Eternal September and Thunderbird (I'm on a Mac) have been weird for me for a while.
For example I have had no new messages there in comp.os.vms since 3/9 until today (3/12)
and then I got 23 messages dated 3/10 - 3/12. I even did a "Get Messages"
several time and nothing. I don't know if it's Thunderbird or E-S.
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