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From: TonyS on 30 Oct 2009 00:48 JeffM wrote: >> TonyS wrote: >>> Where is all this spam coming from? >>> > Phil Hobbs wrote: >> Get a real newsreader, like Thunderbird. > > You really should check the header before posting such advice. > It appears that the problem isn't *getting* the proper software > but in not making the effort to learn how to use it effectively. effort? I tried message filters now and they work flaky to say the least. I also use different computers quite often, how many times should I create filters, let alone keep them up-to-date? Would be so much more efficient to filter on the provider side. > > ...and an additional layer in the stack improves the yield: > http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=nFilter+OR+NewsProxy+Hamster+Leafnode+-jeffm_+-News.Proxy+-inurl:www&num=100
From: Jerry Peters on 30 Oct 2009 16:17 TonyS <scarborofun(a)gmail.nspm.com> wrote: > JeffM wrote: >>> TonyS wrote: >>>> Where is all this spam coming from? >>>> >> Phil Hobbs wrote: >>> Get a real newsreader, like Thunderbird. >> >> You really should check the header before posting such advice. >> It appears that the problem isn't *getting* the proper software >> but in not making the effort to learn how to use it effectively. > > effort? > I tried message filters now and they work flaky to say the least. > I also use different computers quite often, how many times should I create > filters, let alone keep them up-to-date? > Would be so much more efficient to filter on the provider side. So switch providers to one that does the filtering. I see little or no spam in sci.electronics.repair using eternal-september. They're free, text-only, but do require registration. Jerry
From: TonyS on 30 Oct 2009 19:25 Jerry Peters wrote: > TonyS <scarborofun(a)gmail.nspm.com> wrote: > > So switch providers to one that does the filtering. I see little or no > spam in sci.electronics.repair using eternal-september. They're free, > text-only, but do require registration. > > Jerry I just did what you suggested and sure enough, there is not a single spam. And it seems fast enough. Thanks. The thing is, my ISP used to provide the news and there was also no spam in this group. Then they outsourced to giganews and now there is all this spam. However, there is a number of groups that are restricted to users of my ISP. These are groups that are local and they have become quite important to me. You can't get them with any other provider. That means I have to work with 2 news providers now and that's only because giganews doesn't filter properly. I have complained to my provider but nothing has changed, yet. Tony
From: Dave Platt on 30 Oct 2009 20:28 In article <csydndorBfd96HbXnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)westnet.com.au>, TonyS <scarborofun(a)gmail.nspm.com> wrote: >I just did what you suggested and sure enough, there is not a single spam. And >it seems fast enough. Thanks. >The thing is, my ISP used to provide the news and there was also no spam >in this >group. Then they outsourced to giganews and now there is all this spam. >However, there is a number of groups that are restricted to users of my ISP. >These are groups that are local and they have become quite important to me. >You can't get them with any other provider. > >That means I have to work with 2 news providers now and that's only because >giganews doesn't filter properly. I have complained to my provider but nothing >has changed, yet. You might want to consider running something like "leafnode". I use it to pull a Giganews feed to my own system, once an hour. With a few filtering rules (based on the news headers), almost all of the spam is never fetched from Giganews to my system. It works really well for me. -- Dave Platt <dplatt(a)radagast.org> AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!
From: TonyS on 31 Oct 2009 00:49
Dave Platt wrote: > In article <csydndorBfd96HbXnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)westnet.com.au>, > TonyS <scarborofun(a)gmail.nspm.com> wrote: > > > You might want to consider running something like "leafnode". I use > it to pull a Giganews feed to my own system, once an hour. With a few > filtering rules (based on the news headers), almost all of the spam is > never fetched from Giganews to my system. It works really well for me. > Thanks but this would take things too far for me :-) |