On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:39:25 -0800
"Digital Man" (VERT) <VERT!Digital.Man@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

> Re: Re: USENET messages
> By: nelgin to All on Sat Dec 09 2023 05:52 am
>
> > > Yeah, and it seems Google may have tamped down on the spammers
> > > now. I haven't seen any in a couple days now.
> >
> > I wouldn't bet on it. I'm sitting here looking at my innd log and
> > the hundreds of google groups cancels being done by the cancel
> > bots.
>
> Yeah, I've been deleting a few every day now, still.

Rumor is that Google Groups is shutting down in Feb 2024 as far as
peering and new posts to usenet. That will be a relief to usenet admins
everywhere.
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Re: Re: USENET messages
By: nelgin to All on Fri Dec 15 2023 12:17 am

>
> Rumor is that Google Groups is shutting down in Feb 2024 as far as
> peering and new posts to usenet. That will be a relief to usenet admins
> everywhere.

do they even give a shit? usenet is mostly binaries and that's even not as good as it used to be.

i hope google groups shuts down, there's no real reason to have it. it's not very useful anymore.
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On 15 Dec 2023, nelgin said the following...
ne> Rumor is that Google Groups is shutting down in Feb 2024 as far as
ne> peering and new posts to usenet. That will be a relief to usenet admins
ne> everywhere.

Sucks and it doesn't. There's only one google group that I belong to that isn't on Usenet. Those I can continue pulling into my board but I guess for the Tasker group I'll have to continue using Google.

The great thing is that most of the spam I see is actually posted from Google Groups rather than usenet so dropping the support will be awesome.

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-=> nelgin wrote to All <=-

ne> Rumor is that Google Groups is shutting down in Feb 2024 as far as
ne> peering and new posts to usenet. That will be a relief to usenet admins
ne> everywhere.

It's no rumor.

Google Groups ending support for Usenet

What's changing?
Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups (at
groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe to Usenet
groups, or view new Usenet content. You can continue to view and search
for historical Usenet content posted before February 22, 2024 on Google
Groups.

In addition, Googles Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server and
associated peering will no longer be available, meaning Google will not
support serving new Usenet content or exchanging content with other NNTP
servers.

This change will not impact any non-Usenet content on Google Groups,
including all user and organization-created groups. Most of the current
Google Groups content is not Usenet content and will not be affected.
If you work with Usenet groups in Google Groups, support for these
groups is ending soon.

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-=> Richard Miles wrote to nelgin <=-

RM> The great thing is that most of the spam I see is actually posted from
RM> Google Groups rather than usenet so dropping the support will be
RM> awesome.

We can hope...

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Re: Re: USENET messages
By: poindexter FORTRAN to nelgin on Sun Dec 17 2023 07:47:00

> It's no rumor.

I said that because someone posted the same notice but I hadn't actually seen it myself.
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