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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The Usenet group ‘comp.lang.oberon’ which I normally access through Google Groups has recently become unavailable with the message:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Banned content warning: comp.lang.oberon has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.oberon">https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.oberon</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While it is true that spammers occasionally attacked this group (I usually reported such attacks – maybe I shouldn’t have?) there was about 30 years’ worth of historically significant discussions about Oberon contained in the archived messages so it is an extreme case of ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater’.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I reported the access problem to Google Groups about a week ago but haven’t heard back yet. Does anybody know how to restore access to this group?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are unfamiliar with what I’m talking about, see the similar Usenet discussion group comp.lang.modula2 which is still active and accessible:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.modula2">https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.modula2</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Burrows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CFB Software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.astrobe.com">https://www.astrobe.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>