To: Getting Older and Grumpier Gear Min
Getting Older and Grumpier Gear Min wrote:
Was considering asking my news provider to block googlegroups posts.
Bye! I post through Google Groups for convenience. And while not
everybody loves me, I don't spam. You really don't have to go very far
out of your way to avoid spam. It's like swatting flies.
It would be nice if Google could figure out a filter for
these robo posts.
They just change the account email and continue
when you report them to the abuse link.
Too bad you can't link them to each others email
so they spam each other to a stand still (-:
WOUld be nice. This linkage I have with the newsgroup has a rather good
filtration. Since I've been using it for this group I haven't seen one of the
chinese shoe merchants' posts.
YOu see one, the filter clamps down on it, then no more.
the flame wars are sometimes as bad as the spam, but both are products of
internet for the unwashed masses. tHanks to aol then google we have every idiot
clicking away and no clue about netiquette or anything else. Just like modern
ham radio. LET's dumb it down and let all the idiots in!!!
I think the reason some complain is that when trying to use na offline reader
and automation they get to spend time downloading to find nothing but spam when
they go to read the groups they like. scott and others have it right though.
DUmp google! Get a real nntp feed and use a real newsreader.
Regards,
Richard
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