The Eighth Doctor (drwho8__NOTME__@att.net) writes:
> Hello from the Eighth Doctor
> Earlier today, I checked the group to see if anyone had responded to a posting that I
> made regarding video capture cards, and Slackware. The only one there was the
> response that I had read last night. A favorable one in fact.
>
> However when I checked to see if anything else had arrived about an hour and a half
> ago, US ET, it was gone. Also everything that was posted during the 14 days
> surrounding Christmas and New Years. Also a large amount of garbage that was
> present on the list, that was there, when I checked the list in the morning, was
> deleted.
>
> And here's a giggle, Google Groups, can't find my original posting, and the replies.
> That's right replies. There should be two to that original posting. The reply from a
> user who knew my card, and my reply to his, stating that I'd try the instructions
> from the company, who had based them on customers' notes.
>
> So since this group isn't moderated, something else went wrong. Anyone care to
> offer a suggestion?

I thought it was just local to here.

There were a bunch of junk posts today, which I didn't pay much attention to.
So I can't say if they were the usual troll posts or they were a wave
of those "let's bother one of the email abuse newsgroups" cleverly disguised
as the usual troll posts.

When the messages disappeared here, I assumed someone had cleared out
the junk posts, though I can't recall it happening here before.

The fact that it's not local doesn't change that, though it's odd
that they sent out rogue cancel messages on every post rather than just
the junk posts.

Micahel