Jim Thomps>> I haven't heard a peep from any of the "supposed good guy" posters
>> from Google Groups.
>>
>> I assume that they are going to move to a legitimate news server, so I
>> can drop the white-list ???
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>
>Google's down, hopefully cleaning house. I posted this complaint to
>Google yesterday regarding a particular piece of Chinese spam:
>
>
>"Appears to be an offer to sell a prescription drug unlawfully (in the
>USA) by mail.
>
>It's part of the spam-via-Google blizzard whereby Google--yes, I mean
>your company--is quickly (inadvertently) killing USENET.
>
>The spam is thick enough that other USENETers are simply filtering out
>GoogleGroups and gmail posters. That means there's less and less reason
>for legitimate Google users to bother posting, since no one will see our
>posts
>
> But, unlike newsreader users, GoogleGroupers are helpless against the
>spam--we see it all. It would be great if GoogleGroups provided
>filtering tools for GoogleGroups users. Google might even use that
>input as the start of a spam-detecting tool.
>
> USENET is one of the greatest forces for good, ever. For the first
>time in history people from all over the world can interact,
>communicate, cooperate, and share ideas by it. We reach greater
>understandings of each other, make and share new discoveries through
>discussion.
>
> GoogleGroups is a great service, but spam via Google threatens to
>drown it all. Please Google, don't let your services be abused by
>spammers. Please Google, do no evil."
>
>Cheers,
>James Arthur
I strongly suspect that Google is out to kill usenet.