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From: Arfa Daily on 26 Apr 2010 20:52

"rubbishrat" <rubbishrat(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:608664c7-0f33-4522-bd4e-3eb18400e1fe(a)g23g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> Can nothing be done about the spam that is choking the life out of
> this newsgroup ?

How many times do we have to go through this ? It has been discussed at
length on here about every two months for the last year or more. Use a
proper news provider, and set filters as necessary ...

Arfa


From: David Nebenzahl on 27 Apr 2010 02:10
On 4/26/2010 3:54 PM Grant spake thus:

> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:20:36 -0700 (PDT), rubbishrat <rubbishrat(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can nothing be done about the spam that is choking the life out of
>> this newsgroup ?
>
> Use a proper news client, b) use a killfile.

c) Ignore it. Works for me.


--
The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring,
with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

- Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: William R. Walsh on 27 Apr 2010 13:46
Hi!

> I also take time to 'report as spam' the emails.  And, it seems there
> is some small effect, ...for a few days.

Yep, that's exactly how I've perceived it.

> What happened to the old days, when these guys got flamed, or
> their websites destroyed by aggressive, and punitive, hackers?

What I don't understand is how this gets by Google so easily? They're
so very, very proud of the spam filtering technology in Gmail, so why
not deploy it here as well? (People also tell me Gmail's spam
filtering works well. I don't know. I have never used Gmail a day in
my life, nor do I intend to.)

Maybe constant exposure builds tolerance or even reluctant acceptance?

For those who suggest blocking Google Groups, I'm sorry to report that
it's not an option. There are people who have no other way to get to
Usenet for some reason. (I do have access to a real Usenet server, but
I absolutely cannot ever use it from here. That leaves GG as my only
option.) So I refuse to do it on general principles. I'll just have to
put up with my spam. On the plus side, at least I should never end up
hungry. ;-)

William
From: Ron on 27 Apr 2010 15:13
On 27/04/2010 18:46, William R. Walsh wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> I also take time to 'report as spam' the emails. And, it seems there
>> is some small effect, ...for a few days.
>
> Yep, that's exactly how I've perceived it.
>
>> What happened to the old days, when these guys got flamed, or
>> their websites destroyed by aggressive, and punitive, hackers?
>
> What I don't understand is how this gets by Google so easily? They're
> so very, very proud of the spam filtering technology in Gmail, so why
> not deploy it here as well? (People also tell me Gmail's spam
> filtering works well. I don't know. I have never used Gmail a day in
> my life, nor do I intend to.)

That`s inconsistant with my reality, simply blocking all @gmail posts
reduces the spam to a fairly low level, that combined with those chinese
addies. It looks as tho .yahoo is next for the spam bin.

>
> Maybe constant exposure builds tolerance or even reluctant acceptance?
>
> For those who suggest blocking Google Groups, I'm sorry to report that
> it's not an option.


Of course it`s an option if spam really bothers you, the few kosher
posts you lose by having gmail blocked is pretty small and you usually
pick up the thread when a few replies are posted.

There are people who have no other way to get to
> Usenet for some reason. (I do have access to a real Usenet server, but
> I absolutely cannot ever use it from here.

Maybe people who should be working and not reading newsgroups :)
That leaves GG as my only
> option.) So I refuse to do it on general principles. I'll just have to
> put up with my spam. On the plus side, at least I should never end up
> hungry. ;-)
>
> William
Ron

From: JeffM on 27 Apr 2010 15:24
Robert Macy wrote:
>>I also take time to 'report as spam' the emails.
>>And, it seems there is some small effect, ...for a few days.
>>
William R. Walsh wrote (while removing attribution):
>Yep, that's exactly how I've perceived it.
>
You are both delusional.
Google Groups process is completely automated
and there is a **high** threshold to trigger it.

It takes a spammer 3ns to get another Google account
USING THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS HE WAS USING
and he's right back at it.

>What I don't understand is how this gets by Google so easily?
>They're so very, very proud
>of the spam filtering technology in Gmail[...]
>
GOOGLE DOESN'T CARE
--just long as they are making money.
Google Groups is where they sent their rejects and retards.
..
..
To the OP:
You need a newsreader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders

You need access to Port 119.
http://keir.net/portlist.html
(not blocked by the IT department).

Assuming your ISP has dropped their Usenet feed,
http://google.com/search?q=Verizon+Usenet+Cuomo
http://google.com/search?q=intitle:Usenet+Cox+June
you need an NNTP provider.
http://google.com/search?q=GigaNews+EasyNews+PowerUsenet+EternalSeptember

End of problem.
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