Re: Reporting Spam in Google Groups

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>, from the wonderful 
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>GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
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>, from the wonderful
>> person Default User <defaultuserbr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said
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>> > If it was anybody but the $900 billion gorilla allowing all this
>> > spam to vector through their service, we'd have seen a Usenet Death
>> > Penalty by now.
>>
>> So impose your own - I killfiled everything from Google years ago
>> (with specific exceptions added when I note an intelligence at work).
>
>A combination of my own filters and whatever news.individual.net is
>doing has virtually eliminated the problem, without collateral damage.
>
>> People posting via Google groups are frequently brain-dead, when they
>> are not out and out spammers. If they had half a clue they'd be using
>> a real ISP and a real newsreader.
>
>Some people have firewall issues or use public computers at least some
>of the time. I prefer not to denigrate someone merely for the tools
>they use.

I don't denigrate them, I just assume the worst until proven otherwise 
(plus some measure of guilt by association). And 'public computer user' 
is not an issue these days if the thing has at least a  USB port - I can 
fit a decent news client (and my N.I.N subscription details) onto the 
smallest USB stick I can buy.

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