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From: Bug Dout on 23 Dec 2009 00:10 A Watcher <stocksami(a)earthlink.net> writes: > That doesn't solve the problem of potential readers being turned off > by the spam and avoiding the NGs that are getting hammered or avoiding > Usenet altogether. Sure those of us who know the ropes can avoid it, > but many other people aren't going to make the effort. True. I was using Usenet before the spam started and in fact I remember the shock the first spam caused (Arizona lawyers adverting their green card services). With full knowledge of seeming arrogant and elitist, maybe those who don't know how to screen spam shouldn't be on Usenet. I'm not sure it's a loss to have the big ISPs drop nntp service. I also remember the forecasts of doom when the old Arpanet became the Internet, and AOL users were allowed in. Sure enough in addition to more spam we got less, uh, "desirable" posters. -- Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
From: ralf.schaa on 23 Dec 2009 00:28 On Dec 23, 2:27 pm, Ian Harvey <ian_har...(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > If you must use the google groups interface, you might want to > investigate Google Groups Killfile - see: > > http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html works like a charm cheers
From: Richard Maine on 23 Dec 2009 00:43 Bug Dout <buggsy2(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > A Watcher <stocksami(a)earthlink.net> writes: > > > That doesn't solve the problem of potential readers being turned off > > by the spam and avoiding the NGs that are getting hammered or avoiding > > Usenet altogether. Sure those of us who know the ropes can avoid it, > > but many other people aren't going to make the effort. > > True. I was using Usenet before the spam started and in fact I remember > the shock the first spam caused (Arizona lawyers adverting their green > card services). I was one of the 25,000 usenet admins who (all quite independently) sent complaints to the ISP in question, crashing the ISPs system with the volume of the complaints. -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain
From: aeroguy on 22 Dec 2009 19:47 On Dec 23, 3:23 am, Terence <tbwri...(a)cantv.net> wrote: > Would someone like to write to Google and offer to moderate this Forum > from the Google -access viewpoint? > > Apparently one can write to Google about a non-owned Forum and request > or offer delete privileges (can be a shared duty). Then you aprove or > not the new day's items. If anything like this exists, i would like to share the responsibility.... BUt i think this is a Usenet group and this kind of moderation is not available... just guessing though.
From: Tim Prince on 22 Dec 2009 19:50
Terence wrote: > Would someone like to write to Google and offer to moderate this Forum > from the Google -access viewpoint? > > Apparently one can write to Google about a non-owned Forum and request > or offer delete privileges (can be a shared duty). Then you aprove or > not the new day's items. Being in close proximity to Google, and using individual.net since news servers in our state were shut down, my news reader tends to save me the trouble of seeing Google spam, while letting through a much higher proportion of good stuff. You'd have to find someone with a reliable news feed but no filtering, if any such thing exists. |