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From: Terence on 20 Jan 2010 17:50 On Jan 7, 9:38 pm, Phillip Helbig wrote: > Terence <tbwri...(a)cantv.net> writes: > > Note the decline in monthly posting counts from 2009 on. > > And a very large proportion that year is spam. > > The trend downwards is statistically significant. > > Rubbish. > (omitted) > > Give me a break. Get a REAL newsreader. See the quote of the day > below. > I have to reply to this comment: In the real world, you can only use a newsreader on an Internet service that offers the facility. And if there is only one service and no newsreaders (e.g. because is govenment-owned and censored, there is no choice. So no newsreader service equates to 10% bread, 90% spam. And I MODERATE a moderated Fortran Forum and no spam gets through.
From: Colin Watters on 21 Jan 2010 15:24 "Terence" <tbwright(a)cantv.net> wrote in message news:a93d7fa2-3ae4 -4d09-b572-6bc7daeb734b(a)h2g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > On Jan 7, 9:38 pm, Phillip Helbig wrote: > > > Terence <tbwri...(a)cantv.net> writes: > > > Note the decline in monthly posting counts from 2009 on. > > > And a very large proportion that year is spam. > > > The trend downwards is statistically significant. > > > > Rubbish. > > > (omitted) > > > > Give me a break. Get a REAL newsreader. See the quote of the day > > below. > > > > I have to reply to this comment: > In the real world, you can only use a newsreader on an Internet > service that offers the facility. And if there is only one service and > no newsreaders (e.g. because is govenment-owned and censored, there is > no choice. > Erm ... Surely if you have an Internet Service, you can choose to connect (via a newsreader, not a browser) to ANY news server on the internet that allows you to do so. You don't need the permission or co-operation of your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Yes, that ISP may or may not have a news server, but you aren't forced to use it if they do, and you aren't out of options if they don't. I connect through Demon/Thus in UK. They have a news server that faithfully serves up all the spam you seem to see. Hence I have stopped using it and, having tried a number of others, have settled (for the moment) on Eternal-September. What prevents you from doing the same? Qolin Email: my qname at domain dot com Domain: qomputing
From: Phillip Helbig---undress to reply on 22 Jan 2010 01:53 In article <hjad6c$pvg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Colin Watters" <boss(a)qomputing.com> writes: > Erm ... Surely if you have an Internet Service, you can choose to connect > (via a newsreader, not a browser) to ANY news server > on the internet that allows you to do so. But there are few which allow one to do so for a reasonable cost if they are not associated witht he ISP. Also, the ISP has to allow traffic through the relevant ports.
From: user1 on 22 Jan 2010 14:14 Terence wrote: > On Jan 7, 9:38 pm, Phillip Helbig wrote: > >> Terence<tbwri...(a)cantv.net> writes: >>> Note the decline in monthly posting counts from 2009 on. >>> And a very large proportion that year is spam. >>> The trend downwards is statistically significant. >> >> Rubbish. >> > (omitted) >> >> Give me a break. Get a REAL newsreader. See the quote of the day >> below. >> > > I have to reply to this comment: > In the real world, you can only use a newsreader on an Internet > service that offers the facility. And if there is only one service and > no newsreaders (e.g. because is govenment-owned and censored, there is > no choice. > > So no newsreader service equates to 10% bread, 90% spam. > > And I MODERATE a moderated Fortran Forum and no spam gets through. > > I suspect this is rubbish. I notice that Robin seems to be posting through a news server, and that he is in the same country as you, with probably the same ISP (Telstra/Bigpond). Perhaps you could do it also if you made the effort.
From: Terence on 23 Jan 2010 03:41
On Jan 23, 6:14 am, user1 <us...(a)example.net> wrote: > >> Terence<tbwri...(a)cantv.net> writes: > >>> Note the decline in monthly posting counts from 2009 on. > >>> And a very large proportion that year is spam. > >>> The trend downwards is statistically significant. > > I notice that Robin seems to be posting through a news server, and that > he is in the same country as you, with probably the same ISP > (Telstra/Bigpond). Perhaps you could do it also if you made the effort. Reply:- 1) See my above normal e-mail user address - Venezuela. 2) As a visitor to Australia, I HAVE access though a "bigpond" account, but NOT the same service as Robin; there are several; the distinction is shown by the qualifier group after "bigpond". (.net.au or .com). My service is e-mail with some limited browsing and no usenet service (and a strange browser). I noticed a posting in alt.asm where that user and others point out that their services, also, do not offer usenet. |