One time on Usenet, "cshenk" > said:
> <sf> wrote
> >
> > I haven't set up a private group with google.groups. However, if I go
> > to rec.food.cooking via google > groups > popular groups and post from
> > there - is that considered posting via the dreaded google groups?
> > Sometimes it's necessary to do.
>
> Thats why alot of us dont filter by 'google.groups'. Lots of valid folks
> use it.

Yup, exactly...

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Jani in WA