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From: ses on 30 Apr 2010 07:56 What can be done to combat the spam on usenet groups like this one? I'm assuming it's something people have tried to take before so is it of such a huge volume / difficult to filter that a lot still gets through?
From: David Segall on 30 Apr 2010 11:09 ses <stewart(a)ssims.co.uk> wrote: >What can be done to combat the spam on usenet groups like this one? >I'm assuming it's something people have tried to take before so is it >of such a huge volume / difficult to filter that a lot still gets >through? Nothing, if you must use Google groups. If you have access to a news server (there are several that are free or very cheap) you can use a news reader. That will enable you to filter messages. I use Forte Agent <http://www.forteinc.com/> (Windows only) and I get almost no spam in this news group.
From: Donkey Hottie on 30 Apr 2010 12:30 On 30.4.2010 18:09, David Segall wrote: > ses <stewart(a)ssims.co.uk> wrote: > >> What can be done to combat the spam on usenet groups like this one? >> I'm assuming it's something people have tried to take before so is it >> of such a huge volume / difficult to filter that a lot still gets >> through? > > Nothing, if you must use Google groups. If you have access to a news > server (there are several that are free or very cheap) you can use a > news reader. That will enable you to filter messages. I use Forte > Agent <http://www.forteinc.com/> (Windows only) and I get almost no > spam in this news group. And I get absolutely zero spam in this news group, much because I filter all from Google groups out. -- Things past redress and now with me past care. -- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"
From: Mike Schilling on 30 Apr 2010 12:44 Donkey Hottie wrote: > On 30.4.2010 18:09, David Segall wrote: >> ses <stewart(a)ssims.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> What can be done to combat the spam on usenet groups like this one? >>> I'm assuming it's something people have tried to take before so is >>> it of such a huge volume / difficult to filter that a lot still gets >>> through? >> >> Nothing, if you must use Google groups. If you have access to a news >> server (there are several that are free or very cheap) you can use a >> news reader. That will enable you to filter messages. I use Forte >> Agent <http://www.forteinc.com/> (Windows only) and I get almost no >> spam in this news group. > > And I get absolutely zero spam in this news group, much because I > filter all from Google groups out. Also, some news servers filter spam themselves. I use eternal-september (free), and see far less spam then when I used my ISP's (former) Usenet service.
From: Mike Amling on 30 Apr 2010 12:42
ses wrote: > What can be done to combat the spam on usenet groups like this one? > I'm assuming it's something people have tried to take before so is it > of such a huge volume / difficult to filter that a lot still gets > through? I've been blissfully all but unaware of spam since I switched to a usenet supplier that does filtering. (See the headers of this message if you want to find out which one I use.) It's not free, but the cost is negligible (10 Euro per year). There must be other usenet suppliers that also do filtering. --Mike Amling |