"Phil Wheeler" wrote in message
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CarboHolic wrote:

"Bob May" wrote in message
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Sounds like you don't understand the UseNet newsgroups.
There is no central location where these messages are kept so you have
no
single point that you can "repair" the newsgroup. In addition, this
is a
nonmoderated group so there is not anybody that can delete improper
posts.
As to the 48K posts, that is all that your newsgroup server has at the
moment for the last x number of days in it's memory. There are a lot
more
than that that have been posted to the group over the many years that
it

has

been around.



Sounds like my ISP should do the housecleaning.


Unsubscribing is really easy.
Or just learn to use filter rules on your own newsreader. You can block
senders who annoy you (unfortunately people will in some cases reply to
these, and you then see the replies...), block files over a particular
size (helps to prevent reception of very long 'threaded' conversations, or
binaries that souldn't be on the group anyway), have general rules to
block messages with some 'keywords' present or missing etc. etc..
With such rules carefully set up, over 90% of the 'dross', can be removed,
allowing groups to be viewed in a different 'light'... :-)

Best Wishes