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Date: 16 Aug 2007 10:55:50
From: canopus56
Subject: How to filter a usenet group with MS Outlook Express using the connecter-maven technique
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Step-by-by guide for setting up in MS Outlook Express using
sci.astro.amateur as an example:
http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/notes/Outlookfiltering.html
The overrunning of usenet news groups by net trolls, right-wing facist
bloggers and persons with mental health problems has reached the point
where most unmoderated usenet newsgroups have become unuseable. Such
trollers have become more skilled at defeating negative software
filters. Negative software filters work by identifying some unique
characteristic of the poster (mail name, source domain, unique string
in posts) and the blocking that message. To defeat negative filters,
computer skilled trolls use morphing identities and anonymous
remailers. The widely distributed Microsoft Outlook Express news
reader is not very robust against these negative filter defeating
techniques. For example, in Outlook Express, it is not possible to
filter based on a text string within the body of a message.
This note discusses an alternative filtering solution and provides a
step-by-step guide for setting up Outlook Express to filter based on a
positive filtering, coined here, as the connector-maven filtering
technique.
Positive filters are based on the assumption that a small number of
knowledgeable contributors can be used to identify on-point threads in
a newsgroup. In Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 book, The Tipping Point,
Gladwell identified socially influential gorup participants as
connectors and mavens. Connectors are persons with wide social circles
that are the "hubs" of human social networks. Mavens are knowledgeable
person with expertise in a particular area. Positive filtering by the
connector-maven technique involves identifying the connectors and
mavens in group and first only reviewing their posts to identify
relevant threads for further reading in depth.
- Canopus56
P.S. - The current flood of posting can be negatively filtered on the
net abuse string and the word "abuse".
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Date: 16 Aug 2007 13:19:22
From: canopus56
Subject: Re: How to filter a usenet group with MS Outlook Express using the connecter-maven technique
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On Aug 16, 12:53 pm, LarryG <larryg...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Great tip. Thanks for the info.
> Larry G.- Hide quoted text -
The current sporge flood is regrettable. Since it appears to be a
denial-of-service attack on the entire usenet hierarchy, not just SAA,
hopefully Homeland Security will get involved. - C
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Date: 16 Aug 2007 11:53:14
From: LarryG
Subject: Re: How to filter a usenet group with MS Outlook Express using the connecter-maven technique
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On Aug 16, 12:55 pm, canopus56 <canopu...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Step-by-by guide for setting up in MS Outlook Express using
> sci.astro.amateur as an example:
>
> http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/notes/Outlookfilteri...
>
> The overrunning of usenet news groups by net trolls, right-wing facist
> bloggers and persons with mental health problems has reached the point
> where most unmoderated usenet newsgroups have become unuseable. Such
> trollers have become more skilled at defeating negative software
> filters. Negative software filters work by identifying some unique
> characteristic of the poster (mail name, source domain, unique string
> in posts) and the blocking that message. To defeat negative filters,
> computer skilled trolls use morphing identities and anonymous
> remailers. The widely distributed Microsoft Outlook Express news
> reader is not very robust against these negative filter defeating
> techniques. For example, in Outlook Express, it is not possible to
> filter based on a text string within the body of a message.
>
> This note discusses an alternative filtering solution and provides a
> step-by-step guide for setting up Outlook Express to filter based on a
> positive filtering, coined here, as the connector-maven filtering
> technique.
>
> Positive filters are based on the assumption that a small number of
> knowledgeable contributors can be used to identify on-point threads in
> a newsgroup. In Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 book, The Tipping Point,
> Gladwell identified socially influential gorup participants as
> connectors and mavens. Connectors are persons with wide social circles
> that are the "hubs" of human social networks. Mavens are knowledgeable
> person with expertise in a particular area. Positive filtering by the
> connector-maven technique involves identifying the connectors and
> mavens in group and first only reviewing their posts to identify
> relevant threads for further reading in depth.
>
> - Canopus56
>
> P.S. - The current flood of posting can be negatively filtered on the
> net abuse string and the word "abuse".
Great tip. Thanks for the info.
Larry G.
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