From: nop@alt.net 
  
 Kibo informs me that Woodchuck Bill  stated that: 
  
 >"Arthur L. Rubin"  wrote in 
 >news:41431234.31B5@sprintmail.com: 
 > 
 >> If I recall correctly, the NNTP-Posting-Host: in the 
 >> new posts, although it APPEARS to be at Google, doesn't 
 >> have an IP address. 
 >> 
 >> Maybe Google got tired of receiving complaints from 
 >> spamcop, so they modified their headers. 
 > 
 >Google has changed their policy. In Google Groups 2, they no longer post 
 >the NNTP-Posting-Host IP address of the user. In essence, they have become 
 >an anonymous posting service. To me, it appears that they are trying to set 
 >the clock back. 
  
 As well as anonymising their posts, they now no longer even pretend to 
 act on abuse reports. 
  
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