Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
original post.

Chemo the Clown wrote:
> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
> original post.

I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words into your
filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out the worst of it.
At least it does for me.

Goomba wrote:

> Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
> > today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
> > original post.
>
> I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
> words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.

Are you using news.individual.net? They run cleanfeed to wipe out most
spam at the server.




Brian

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Day 198 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project

Default User wrote:
> Goomba wrote:
>> I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
>> words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
>>
>
> Are you using news.individual.net? They run cleanfeed to wipe out most
> spam at the server.
>
> Brian

My news server is individual.net and I do not see any spam. I also use
Postini, so one of them is working. I get zero spam in my email, but my
Postini filter is full of it.


Becca

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:55:46 -0500, Becca > wrote:

>Default User wrote:
>> Goomba wrote:
>>> I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
>>> words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
>>>
>>
>> Are you using news.individual.net? They run cleanfeed to wipe out most
>> spam at the server.
>>
>> Brian
>
>My news server is individual.net and I do not see any spam. I also use
>Postini, so one of them is working. I get zero spam in my email, but my
>Postini filter is full of it.
>
This Usenet, not email.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:55:46 -0500, Becca > wrote:

>Default User wrote:
>> Goomba wrote:
>>> I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
>>> words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
>>>
>>
>> Are you using news.individual.net? They run cleanfeed to wipe out most
>> spam at the server.
>>
>> Brian
>
>My news server is individual.net and I do not see any spam. I also use
>Postini, so one of them is working. I get zero spam in my email, but my
>Postini filter is full of it.
>

I also use news.individual.net and also see no spam. The only time I
see cross-posted messages is when someone here decides to reply.

I also see no spam on my roadrunner email account and I have it set
not to filter my mail. But the account I use here catches a lot. But
I must say that in the last couple of months even the yahoo spam as
decreased substantially. I only get about 100 per week now, used to
be 1000 or more in a week.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:


> I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the right
> words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
> When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words into your
> filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out the worst of it.
> At least it does for me.

You might want to think about "shoes". One of the regular posters has
that as part of his name.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Goomba > wrote:
>
>
> > I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the
> > right words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
> > When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words into
> > your filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out the
> > worst of it. At least it does for me.
>
> You might want to think about "shoes". One of the regular posters
> has that as part of his name.

But if you're filtering on words in the subject, that won't normally be
a concern.



Brian

--
Day 200 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project

On 21 Aug 2009 15:59:20 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Goomba > wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the
>> > right words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
>> > When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words into
>> > your filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out the
>> > worst of it. At least it does for me.
>>
>> You might want to think about "shoes". One of the regular posters
>> has that as part of his name.
>
>But if you're filtering on words in the subject, that won't normally be
>a concern.
>
I took him out one time with "shoes" as the subject, Bryan. It can be
done.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf wrote:

> On 21 Aug 2009 15:59:20 GMT, "Default User" >
> wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> Goomba > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the
> >> > right words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
> >> > When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words
> into >> > your filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out
> the >> > worst of it. At least it does for me.
> >>
> >> You might want to think about "shoes". One of the regular posters
> >> has that as part of his name.
> >
> > But if you're filtering on words in the subject, that won't
> > normally be a concern.
> >
> I took him out one time with "shoes" as the subject,

Well, certainly posts of the "Ping XXX" variety could. That's why I
said "normally".

> Bryan.

Who?

> It can be done.

But won't normally be a problem.




Brian

--
Day 200 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project

In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Goomba > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I don't see any SPAM posts. I must have my filters set with the
> > > right words... things like "Nike" "shoes" "Ebay" "Prada" etc.
> > > When you see a spam post just enter a few of the obvious words into
> > > your filter under "subject contains" and it should weed out the
> > > worst of it. At least it does for me.
> >
> > You might want to think about "shoes". One of the regular posters
> > has that as part of his name.
>
> But if you're filtering on words in the subject, that won't normally be
> a concern.

You are correct and I was wrong.

Still, a lot of spammers have "shoes" as part of their name.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
> original post.

Depends. The "professional" spammers are gone in seconds. The few
individuals do read and do reply, but they are the minority.

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
> original post.

Sometimes they are not really responding to the spammer but just want the
group to see what they have to say.
Not a good idea, I know.
Tom

On Aug 19, 2:32*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
> original post.

The reason I started replying to the SPAMS is because I can cut the
length of their Subject lined down to nil, which makes my experience
of looking at rec.food.cooking a LOT better in GoogleGroups.com.

That's all.

John Kuthe...

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:01:01 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:

> On Aug 19, 2:32*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
>> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
>> original post.
>
> The reason I started replying to the SPAMS is because I can cut the
> length of their Subject lined down to nil, which makes my experience
> of looking at rec.food.cooking a LOT better in GoogleGroups.com.
>
> That's all.
>
> John Kuthe...

no one gives a **** about your 'experience' of r.f.c. is.

blake

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2:32 pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>> Why some folks reply to the SPAM posts is beyond me. They are here
>> today and gone tomorrow. Spammers never read any replies to the
>> original post.
>
> The reason I started replying to the SPAMS is because I can cut the
> length of their Subject lined down to nil, which makes my experience
> of looking at rec.food.cooking a LOT better in GoogleGroups.com.
>
> That's all.
>
> John Kuthe...

Really, you need to talk to some one or get back on th meds...