Dave W wrote:

> In article >,
> "Default User" > wrote:

> > Blinky is advocating blocking googlegroups.com. Others (Dave Bugg)
> > go for gmail.com.
> > Brian
>
> I have filters for both googlegroups and gmail. My spam has plummeted
> to near zero.

If I could do it with XanaNews, I'd filter on gmail in the sender but
no "author" set up. Most of the spammers (at least until now) have had
a bare gmail address as their ID.

> But the sad truth is that a lot of wheat has gone with the chaff.
> This morning I notice that 314 of 847 articles posted to RFC were
> killed. I'm sure I would have enjoyed reading some of those posts.
> Interestingly, Sheldon apparently got caught in my kill filter. His
> posts are gone, but not missed.

Sheldon posts through GG.

> Brian, I was going to ask you for a list of your filter rules, but I
> guess that would just show the spammers how to get around the rules.

I personally don't think the spammers are poring over usenet to see how
people are getting around their posts. If you look at the spam posts,
there are a handful of key words that wipe out a lot of the problem.




Brian

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