Re: Idiot spam attack on sci.lang

In message <be1628af-c46f-407e-93aa-2a59a20fa67e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, richard01 <richardparker01@xxxxxxxxx> writes

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Google Groups (I didn't know this before being informed on this forum)
is only a portal to various Usenet groups.

Confusingly, it's both that _and_ a collection of groups hosted only on the Google servers and only visible through the Google web interface..

Please excuse me if I am apparently teaching you (or others) to suck
eggs, but you don't seem to know much about Google Groups.

P.K.B.

A Google account enables you to sign in and access a large number of
groups, any of which you can apply to join.

Usenet groups are simply there. One doesn't have to "apply" (to whom?) to "join" them. That only applies to Google's own groups.

--
Richard Herring
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