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I've posted similar messages in reply, but Julian's post about the
level of crap in the group made me think this deserves its very own thread and Subject. I seem to have succeeded in eliminating virtually all flames, spam and sporgeries from my newsreader, not just in ssh, but in all my subscribed groups. My newsreader's (Forte Agent) own killfiles take out individual persistent flamers. Spammers and sporgers are dealt with by a dedicated usenet filtering program called News Proxy (aka nfilter), which accommodates Regular Expressions. REs do take a little getting used to, but I was able to write effective filters just by adapting the included examples. You can filter on virtually anything in the header; to filter out those with morphing IDs, for instance, you can filter on the Path statement, looking for their server. NP works invisibly in the background; once it and your newsreader are configured, you can put NP in your system tray and forget it exists. Here's the News Proxy FAQ, from which you can link to the download and other pages: http://www.nfilter.org/faq.html Here are the only two filters I've had to write for NP: #1 * drop xref:*:*:*:* #2 * drop Path:*gilgamesh* * drop Path:*dizum.com* * drop Path:*anonymous* * drop Path:*remailer* #1 takes out anything posted to more than two groups. #2 is written to take out anything where the Path includes specific anonymous remailers. So far, #2 hasn't been tested yet, apparently because those who use remailers like to crosspost, as well, so #1 has collaterally knocked out 100% of everything that has been remailed. The tools exist, folks! --------------- Beady's Corollary to Occam's Razor: "The likeliest explanation of any phenomenon is almost always the most boring." |
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The tools exist, folks! Thanks John, You're an angel!! Julian Bordas "It's not like I'm using. It's just that my body's developed this severe drug drug deficiency" Neuromancer |
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