Re: Please do something about the Spam!

Joshua Crawford said

> On 23/02/07, john_elvin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting fed up with all the spam coming from this group -
>>  especially when there is a simple change which could be made to the
>>  groups configuration by the moderators to cut it right back.
> 
> I can't say I've had any problems with spam on this list. Doesn't
> everyone run a spam filter these days? (I recommend bogofilter). Looking
> through my logs it only seems to be about 3-4 spams per week on this
> list.
> 
>>  Perhaps if a sufficient number of the genuine members of this group
>>  post to ask the moderators may listen and do something about it.
> 
> As a long term member, (I've been using BNR2 since 0.11.something), I
> don't want to see this list moderated - it only discourages first-time
> posters.

Well there must be some sort of moderation going on because I had to re
post something 3 times the other day because Yahoo said my addy was not
authenticated (have been using this same e-mail addy on usenet for more
than 5 years) and I had to re auth to be allowed to post again. I also use
the GMane server so I just see it as a usenet group.

But what I find a bigger pain is that some people that are just as bad as
the spammers because they re post it with their 'me too' on the end
thus doing the spammers job for them.

L.
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