Re: does filtering increase modem traffic?

>> filter bytes>19k action=discard
>> filter group=gmane.spam.detected action=discard

Jim> So, in the above example, the first rule has no overhead, the
Jim> second rule does have an overhead.  The increase in data will be
Jim> downloading just the Newsgroups: lines for each article.

Yes, extra bytes few perhaps, but switching communications back and
forth overhead probably even worse.  OK, I will remove the second
line, then I will have primed communications to the max (though
filtering less.)

Wait, maybe one could get all the article numbers on
gmane.spam.detected, then use them as an internal blacklist.
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