Re: Newsgroup madness

On 28 Sep 2005 08:01:47 -0700, "Karl" <karlpet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>soc.culture.african.american vanished from Google Groups a week or so
>ago, and appeared again today with no explanation from Google, other
>than to say it was temporarily unavailable.

I am not sure they owe the public any explanation.... They carry
usenet traffic purely out of technical benevolence.

>Anyone know what happened?
>

I would guess a temporary fluke..... an NNTP server with the blues,
a router with a fucked-up config.... who knows!

>Also, I tried posting to SCAA.moderated but none of my posts have
>appeared - am I barred?

SCAA_M has been in stealth mode for the longest time, I doubt
anyone would have barred you.

Kafou "It used to be a kept secret, and you know why." Lobo

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