> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:38:32 -0500, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote (in article > <1ikszn5.cxnbabpohzl0N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>): > > [responding to my having stated] > > >> Given the hostility here in these discussions towards those who use > >> Google Groups that is not a solution. It is too bad that so often > >> postings are judged not on their content but on their vehicle of > >> transmission. > > > > Sad fact of life. Filtering out GG posts is the only way I've found to > > reduce Usenet spam to manageable levels. Sadder is I then rely on other > > users to reply to the killed GG post to tell me there's anything worth > > reading th > > Currently I experience minimal usenet spam and currently I have absolutely no > filters set up on my newsreader. My connection for usenet is via > News.Individual.NET and how much filtering they apply I don't know. I'm going > to run a few tests and see what happens.
Huh - I'm also with News.Individual.NET. Maybe it's the groups I subscribe to that attract more crap. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
