From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-07-30T16:35:04+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: comp.lang.ruby spam

2008/7/29 Thomas Sawyer <transfire@gmail.com>:
> Unfortunately the ruby-talk-google and ruby-core-google lists have not
> been fully functional for well over a week, perhaps longer. They can
> receive outside posts fine, but no one can post a reply or new message
> via either group. I suspect it has something to do with the recent
> increase in spam (not a lot --one or two a day, but still much more than
> we used to get).
>
> I have tried to contact ruby-talk-admin, Matz, Florian Gross, as well as
> Google about this issue. Alas, no one has returned my email. This is
> very sad. Looks like there has been a 10-20% drop in ruby-talk activity
> b/c of it.

I am also under the impression that some legitimate posts do not get
through which might as well account for the drop.

Cheers

robert

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