The uk.announce group has been flooded recently with SPAM.

Henceforth any announcements without the string [ANNOUNCE] at the beginning
will be automatically and invisibly binned.

When testing is complete a full announce by the moderators will be posted
here, along with the charter of this group.

{R} sysadmin for the modbot

On Sun,  5 Feb 2006 09:51:24 +0000, {R}  wrote:

>The uk.announce group has been flooded recently with SPAM.
>
>Henceforth any announcements without the string [ANNOUNCE] at the beginning
>will be automatically and invisibly binned.
>
>When testing is complete a full announce by the moderators will be posted
>here, along with the charter of this group.

While I think this is a good idea in principal, and realise the
message quoted is only a test message, should such a change go through
some sort of RFD process?   only be a 

Unfortunately, I believe that a change such as this will probably make
the group as good as dead.

Andrew.
-- 
 Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.

On Tue,  7 Feb 2006 18:21:32 +0000, Andrew Hodgson 
wrote:

>On Sun,  5 Feb 2006 09:51:24 +0000, {R}  wrote:
>
>>The uk.announce group has been flooded recently with SPAM.
>>
>>Henceforth any announcements without the string [ANNOUNCE] at the beginning
>>will be automatically and invisibly binned.
>>
>>When testing is complete a full announce by the moderators will be posted
>>here, along with the charter of this group.
>
>While I think this is a good idea in principal, and realise the
>message quoted is only a test message, should such a change go through
>some sort of RFD process?   only be a 
>
>Unfortunately, I believe that a change such as this will probably make
>the group as good as dead.
>
Hasn't it been dead for several years?

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