Little wrote on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:36:08 GMT:

LM> 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.

LM> Yup, exactly...

Not lots; very few and I know and admit them. Today seems be one
for a virtual deluge of junk. After 2 hours, 650 posts were
recorded on r.f.cooking, 47 passed the filters. A rather similar
situation pertained to a.usage.english and r.travel.europe.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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