Re: Membership setting for this group greyed out?

[Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>]

On 2023-08-01 2:41, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> Normally for mailing lists and other google groups.
> I have it set to receive every email which you can
> then easily reply to.
> That setting is greyed out for comp.lang.ada.
> Why is that?


I'm probably not the best person to answer you, but I hope you know that 
comp.lang.ada is basically not a "google group", but a "USENET news" 
group that can be accessed via google, but is better accessed through a 
"news-reader" program (a USENET client). Several e-mail programs, such 
as Thunderbird, include news-readers. When you read comp.lang.ada 
through a news-reader, it works very much like e-mail.


> Can that restriction be lifted as I would much rather
> use an email client?


I don't know about the google interface to comp.lang.ada (I've never 
used it), so I can't answer. But if you would rather use an e-mail 
client, try to use its news-reader to access comp.lang.ada. You will 
need an account with a USENET service provider; there are both free 
(gratis) providers (https://www.eternal-september.org/ is often 
suggested) and providers that require small annual fees.