problem accessing this group

I posted last on Feb 27. Since then I can only access the topic list using my normal shortcut to the internet page. I've found the same problem with every Google group I joined(about 3 others).

I'm now on a public computer at the library and have found that if I can find the link that changes the access to use the "new Google Groups" format, I can drill down and see the responses, but it's even hard finding a link to that option and I essentially just stumbled on it. I'm going to try that mechanism at home, but if anyone knows of something changing in the last few days that would make the old Google group method only show me topics and bring up blank pages when I try to see posts, I'd appreciate hearing about it at phillysleuth @ verizon dot net.

I suspect this has something to do with why I haven't been receiving digests from any google group for months,despite what my preferences are set to, but what the connection is I can't begin to imagine. Something has changed somewhere and I'm stuck in figuring it out. Thanks. jo

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jo
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From: "jo"

Your problem *IS* Google!

news:alt.comp.software.financial.quicken

news://nntp.aioe.org/alt.comp.software.financial.quicken

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David H. Lipman

David H. Lipman said

LOL, this has been discussed ad-nauseum in another newsgroup. All the google-gropers are up in arms.

Get a real newsreader and abort GG. You'll be happier.

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JohnSmith

From: "jo"

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  • The vast majority of Usenet spam eminates from Google
  • Google profits from spam and thus takes NO action against spammers
  • Becaused of the abuse that comes from Google Groupers *many* will summarily filter out ALL Google Groupers. Thus you will not get the replies of very knowledgeable people because they will never see your Google based posts.
  • Google Groups is just a web page and when you use a Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) client you access the group via TCP port 119 and you actually bring tghe full headers and/or headers and body to your PC which medans you don't have to be online and can read and search the group for information.
  • NNTP clients can uses regular expressions and rules to filter objectionable content and persons and can "killfile" trolls and spam.
  • NNTP clients bring the wealth of Usenet to you. You can access 10's of thousands of news groups. Some like the binaries are NOT carried by Google. therefore you don't have access to some very good groups. Ask Han about the Woodworking Binaries news group which is NOT on Google or some really good photography binary news groups.

I gave you access to gthe AIOE news server. It's free. It doesn't carry the binaries but it does carry numerous excellent text only, discussion, news groups.

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David H. Lipman

jo said

I think it might be related to an "upgrade" in GG - and a cookie stored on your PC - retaining the decision to use the "upgraded" version - which has issues. Maybe you clear cookies on browser close?

Fair enough. I bought a used Treo 650 smartphone (LOL) a year ago and love it. (Other than the endless taunting from my peers). Sometimes "better" is not always "better". I dread the day it fails and I have to upgrade. ;-)

rec.games.pinball - some of the issues are with RGParchive - yet another USENET front-end replacement. Most seem to be with GG, but I confess, I didn't follow the threads enough to know the details.

All the best!

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JohnSmith

Hmm. I'm an occasional frequenter of that group - fearsome traffic on there. What issues have been reported? Curious now. I use usenet clients myself, mostly iOS (Newstap on iPhone/iPad) or an older copy of Unison on OS X, so will have missed anything Google Groups-specific.

Cheers, Ian

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Ian McCall

Until the next time Google screws up the groups.

And there will be a next time.

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Bert

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