This newsgroup (comp.lang.python) may soon be blocked by Google Gro
codewizard at gmail.com
codewizard at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 18:19:28 EST 2018
On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 5:03:45 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 2/9/18 4:12 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM, <codew... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2:48:17 PM UTC-5, Chris Green wrote:
> >>> codew... at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:15:16 PM UTC-5, pyotr filipivich wrote:
> >>>>> [snip]
> >>>>> Those of us who do not use google-groups may not notice the loss
> >>>>> of the google groupies.
> >>>> I use GG to read comp.lang.python because of the following combination
> >>>> of factors. I would definitely be happier if there was another way to
> >>>> do this, so that I wouldn't have to wade through lots of spam.
> >>>>
> >>>> - I read it from both home and work.
> >>>>
> >>>> - I can't install any additional software at work.
> >>>>
> >>>> - There is no newsgroup reader software available at work.
> >>>>
> >>>> - GG tracks read/unread status of every post. This is shared
> >>>> between work and home through my Google account.
> >>>>
> >>>> - When I (very rarely) post from work, I can't
> >>>> do it by email, since outgoing email is blocked.
> >>>>
> >>> Alternative approach, what I do:-
> >>>
> >>> Run a text mode (but very capable and mouse aware) newsreader on
> >>> my home system, read news locally using that.
> >>>
> >>> Use ssh (is that available at worK?) to connect from work to home
> >>> and run the same newsreader in the same environment. If you can't
> >>> even ssh from work then you can always use an 'ssh from the web'
> >>> app from your wenb browser.
> >>>
> >>> The newsreader I use is tin by the way.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chris Green
> >>> ยท
> >> ssh would be even a bigger problem here. As I mentioned, I can't even email
> >> from work to the outside! All web sites that provide remote connectivity
> >> tools are blocked.
> > ... yet they're okay with you browsing newsgroups? I think you may
> > have a Layer Eight conflict here.
> >
> > ChrisA
>
> If he can browse, he can get E-Mail with Gmail/Yahoo/AOL/etc, his normal
> mail ISP likely even supports some form of Web Mail Client.
>
> If they are blocking these, but not Google Groups, there is a major
> disconnect in the rules.
>
> --
> Richard Damon
Disconnect or not, I can browse GG and post replies (e.g., this one).
I have no access to gmail or any other email provider.
Regards,
Igor.
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