| Only SPAM!!! [message #172136] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 15:51  |
Sphinx Khan
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OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can
connect with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
Regards,
Sphinx Khan
http://techlooser.com
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| Re: Only SPAM!!! [message #172138 is a reply to message #172136] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 16:26  |
Derek Turner
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:51:28 -0800, Sphinx Khan wrote:
> OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
> SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can connect
> with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
Get yourself a decent news server. I see very little spam because my
service provider filters it out.
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| Re: Only SPAM!!! [message #172140 is a reply to message #172136] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 16:50 |
alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX
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El 31/01/2011 16:51, Sphinx Khan escribió/wrote:
> OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
> SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can
> connect with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
Spam in Usenet is pretty similar to spam in e-mail: you can no longer
expect it not to be sent. Instead, you have to find tools to get it
filtered out.
Unlike e-mail, Google does not provide any antispam tool for its Usenet
service. Actually, Google Groups is often considered the main spam
distribution point. So my advise is to drop both their news feed and
their web client and switch to better alternatives.
I use Mozilla Thunderbird but you can Google for "Usenet reader" and
you'll find many suggestions.
As for the service, you can get a free account at providers like
<http://www.eternal-september.org>.
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| Re: Only SPAM!!! [message #172141 is a reply to message #172138] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 19:04 |
Beauregard T. Shagnas
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Derek Turner wrote:
> Sphinx Khan wrote:
>> OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
>> SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can
>> connect with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
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> Get yourself a decent news server. I see very little spam because my
> service provider filters it out.
Heh, I didn't see the post by "Sphinx Khan" until you replied to it,
then had to look. Seems he is posting from the source of the spam
problem, eh?
"Tech Looser" indeed! Different than "Tech Tighter!" ;-)
Sphinx, see: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
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-bts
-This poast is valid through December 21, 2012
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| Re: Only SPAM!!! [message #172142 is a reply to message #172138] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 20:27 |
P E Schoen
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"Derek Turner" wrote in message news:8qo64vF301U1(at)mid(dot)individual(dot)net...
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:51:28 -0800, Sphinx Khan wrote:
>> OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
>> SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can
> connect > with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
> Get yourself a decent news server. I see very little spam because
> my service provider filters it out.
This NG is better than most. I don't use a filter so I see only about 10-20%
spam here. The comp.lang.javascript seems to be hardest hit, with probably
90% spam, and it's mostly multiple posts from several users who offer all
sorts of drugs. Maybe they think JS users need them?
It seems that the spammers hit the groups with highest activity as reported
by Google. The JS NG may be shooting themselves in the foot by their
automatic daily FAQ posts. And then the spammers' own activity boost the
metric over the top, so it's very attractive to these pitiful losers. Are
they ever actually rewarded for their efforts with actual "sales" of their
products?
Without a filter, I just play Pacman with the offending posts. Select a
bunch at a time and then hit the DEL key, and bang-bang-bang they all are
shot into the bit bucket. I just wish the confirmation asking if I want to
delete them permanently would actually flash back through cyberspace to the
culprits and physically remove *them*!
The Google news interface is especially bad because it shows most of the
message and not just the subject and sender as decent newsreaders (even the
broken Windows Live Mail 2011 which I use). Many of the spam posts are
intentionally made very long, often with a lot of whitespace, so they fill
up many pages in Google Groups. I have found www.teranews.com to be very
good, and I paid just a $4 setup fee to have a virtually unlimited account.
And xnews is a decent free newsreader.
Paul
www.pstech-inc.com
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| Re: Only SPAM!!! [message #172146 is a reply to message #172136] |
Tue, 01 February 2011 01:11 |
Michael Fesser
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.oO(Sphinx Khan)
> OMG! What is going on here! Every group i visit, all i get to see is
> SPAM!!! Is it too hard to find a discussion group where one can
> connect with like minded individuals and learn a thing or two.
Just use a better newsserver. If it doesn't have to be completely free,
I would recommend <http://individual.net>. For only 10 EUR/year you'll
get access to a reliable and properly maintained server with almost all
important group hierachies (no binaries) and long expiration times.
Micha
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