"David Ruether" <druether@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Don Stauffer in Minnesota" <stauffer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>I notice the spam flood has virtually disappeared from the other four
>> newsgroups I subscribe to. It only seems to continue on rpd.
>>
>> I know on one of my groups someone took action somehow to convert all
>> of those spam message titles to the word "spam", so it may be that
>> server administrators on host servers may have something to do with
>> overcoming the flood. Don't know why it is continuing on rpd, but it
>> would be nice if this group somehow follows what is happening on rest
>> of Usenet.
>
> Ooops, that first paragraph in my post above should have been:
> "I keep my finger on the "Ctrl" key and click on the few offenders
> that remain that have escaped my filter in Outlook Express, then hit
> the "Delete" key (on a PC). To add blocking words to OE, go to
> "Tools", "Message Rules", "News...", then click the box for "New
> news rules #1", and click in the area below that, which brings up a
> box where you can enter one word or phrase at a time (clicking on
> "OK" afterward - but the box remains so you can add another word).
> So far, what is in the box reads,"
> --DR
>
>
If you use a filter like News Proxy and have it remove just the Google
Group
posts, you will eliminate 99.9% of all of the crud. It's so easy.
Bob
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== NOTE: I automatically delete all Google Group posts due to uncontrolled
SPAM ==
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