Re: Cancer takes over this group

Tom Duwe wrote:
> "Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:X-6dnYxfALMz02DanZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Steve M. Mann wrote:
>>> On 4/9/2008 7:58 AM, Jer wrote:
>>>
>>>> JohnR66 wrote:
>>>>> In the last month spam has taken over this group. Over the last year

>>>>> spam took over other groups I read. Oddly there is another group
with 
>>>>> fair amount of activity that rarely sees spam at all. I wonder why?
>>>> I filter google-sourced posts - I don't see it.
>>> How do you do that in Thunderbird? I'd love to do the same.
>>
>> Works great...
>>
>> http://improve-usenet.org/filters_ex2.html
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> jer
> 
> I'm using NewsProxy that is listed there...'tis great.
> 
> One point: filtering all of google.groups will also take out any legit 
> posters from there.  If you use the 'Scoring' technique, you can (with
legit 
> posters' email addys) exclude them from being dropped by the filter.
> 
> Ya may want to 'poll' the groups you're subscribed to in order to keep
those 
> posts coming through.
> 


I don' think I miss the odd legit post via follow-up posts.

-- 
jer
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