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Hi Robert,<br>
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you have my full understanding. It's a pity with bots, spam, hate
etc. in the Internet.<br>
On the other hand, it is almost impossible to escape the data
octopus Google.<br>
I refrain from using Google Mail, Office, Calendar, Addressbook and
others.<br>
If you use it, you have to agree in taking your privacy into
public.<br>
By using Android it's not possible to uninstall useless Google apps
and you have to allow <br>
access to your addresses, calendars, messages and a lot more. You
cannot get updates <br>
without having a Google account.<br>
I cannot even create a new fantasy account for the mailing lists
because under the hood<br>
they are all merged and form an overall knowledge about my
personality. :-(<br>
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But sure, it's convenient - no question.<br>
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It is also clear you cannot fight against this Internet spam on your
own lists. So sad ...<br>
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But the osg list was always an extremely valuable resource for my
development and <br>
the vsg list will be the same for me in future. So I have no choice.<br>
<br>
- Werner -<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 04.04.2021 um 14:27 schrieb Robert
Osfield:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 13:08, merspieler
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can't use the google mailing list?<br>
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<div>I'm sorry I can't support folks for free on a platform
that is requiring so much of time to keep free of
spam/misuse. I've supported this osg-users mailing list for
free for 20 years, unfortunately it's now become impractical
to continue support. I wouldn't be taking this step if it
hasn't become a serious issue at my end.<br>
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<div>As for can't use a google group, could you explain what
issues you have with subscribing and using the google
group? Perhaps others can help suggest a way to use it.</div>
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<div>Cheers,<br>
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