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Date: 13 Aug 2007 10:14:51
From: L.A.T.
Subject: Ignoring large posts
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It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to ignore
it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that did it for you.
Is there one?
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Date: 14 Aug 2007 11:28:48
From: G
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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I put in a support call for supernews to give a hand into to it. Since I get
it from them...
"L.A.T." <tonyt92@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:vaWvi.19896$4A1.1194@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to ignore
> it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that did it for you.
> Is there one?
>
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 16:04:31
From:
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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On Aug 13, 8:08 am, DustyMars <Jeff.Be...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Aug 13, 11:06 am, DustyMars <Jeff.Be...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> > On Aug 13, 9:14 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse.com> wrote:
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> > > tony...@yahoo.com (L.A.T.) wrote innews:vaWvi.19896$4A1.1194@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
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> > > > It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to
> > > > ignore it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that
> > > > did it for you. Is there one?
>
> > > You appear to be using some variety of Windows, so try Xnews
>
> > >http://xnews.newsguy.com/
>
> > > --
> > > Bert Hyman
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 15:08:40
From: DustyMars
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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On Aug 13, 11:06 am, DustyMars <Jeff.Be...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Aug 13, 9:14 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse.com> wrote:
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> > tony...@yahoo.com (L.A.T.) wrote innews:vaWvi.19896$4A1.1194@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
>
> > > It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to
> > > ignore it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that
> > > did it for you. Is there one?
>
> > You appear to be using some variety of Windows, so try Xnews
>
> >http://xnews.newsguy.com/
>
> > --
> > Bert Hyman
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 15:35:17
From: John Nichols
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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<snippage >
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> Is this still SAA or did I venture onto some weird political group?
> Time for a moderated thingie here.
>
It's still SAA, but it appears that some twit(s) are making a concerted
effort to kill it with junk. There is a moderated group, not on Usenet, run
by Martin Howell. Search around here, I know he's posted about it.
What I've been thinking about, though, is whether a new amateur astronomy
group can be created and added to the hierarchy of Usenet newsgroups. Some
place fresh, that will for a while at least, be relatively vermin free.
Related to this mess is something I've been wondering about for quite some
time now, which is why this group has attracted so many outright nuts,
stalkers, and related pests. I subscribe to three other Usenet groups, and
I don't see anywhere near the nonsense in them that I see here.
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 15:56:45
From: Bert Hyman
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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bejay@worldnet.att.net (John Nichols) wrote in
news:VS_vi.424407$p47.219276@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
> It's still SAA, but it appears that some twit(s) are making a
> concerted effort to kill it with junk.
No; somebody is trying to kill sci.crypt.
The latest twist is to crosspost the junk to sci.crypt and some other
newsgroup(s), expecting the readers of the other newsgroups to
contribute to the junk in sci.crypt when they followup to the
original posts without looking at their newsgroup headers.
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Bert Hyman
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 13:01:32
From: Michael Sisson
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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In article <Xns998B6F5A11FEEVeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1 >, bert@iphouse.com
says...
> bejay@worldnet.att.net (John Nichols) wrote in
> news:VS_vi.424407$p47.219276@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
> > It's still SAA, but it appears that some twit(s) are making a
> > concerted effort to kill it with junk.
>
> No; somebody is trying to kill sci.crypt.
>
> The latest twist is to crosspost the junk to sci.crypt and some other
> newsgroup(s), expecting the readers of the other newsgroups to
> contribute to the junk in sci.crypt when they followup to the
> original posts without looking at their newsgroup headers.
>
>
Ahhh, I didn't see the x-posted newsgroup. Thanks.
I was beginning to think maybe it was Martin Howell trying to drive more
traffic off to his moderated website. ;)
MRSisson
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SEARCHING FOR GPL
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 16:14:47
From: John Nichols
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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"Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com > wrote in message
news:Xns998B6F5A11FEEVeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1...
> bejay@worldnet.att.net (John Nichols) wrote in
> news:VS_vi.424407$p47.219276@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
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>> It's still SAA, but it appears that some twit(s) are making a
>> concerted effort to kill it with junk.
>
> No; somebody is trying to kill sci.crypt.
>
> The latest twist is to crosspost the junk to sci.crypt and some other
> newsgroup(s), expecting the readers of the other newsgroups to
> contribute to the junk in sci.crypt when they followup to the
> original posts without looking at their newsgroup headers.
>
So we're collateral damage?
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 15:06:00
From: DustyMars
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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On Aug 13, 9:14 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse.com > wrote:
> tony...@yahoo.com (L.A.T.) wrote innews:vaWvi.19896$4A1.1194@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
>
> > It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to
> > ignore it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that
> > did it for you. Is there one?
>
> You appear to be using some variety of Windows, so try Xnews
>
> http://xnews.newsguy.com/
>
> --
> Bert Hyman
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 13:14:01
From: Bert Hyman
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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tonyt92@yahoo.com (L.A.T.) wrote in
news:vaWvi.19896$4A1.1194@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
> It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to
> ignore it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that
> did it for you. Is there one?
You appear to be using some variety of Windows, so try Xnews
http://xnews.newsguy.com/
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Bert Hyman
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 06:58:12
From: Tom Hise
Subject: Re: Ignoring large posts
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:14:51 GMT, "L.A.T." <tonyt92@yahoo.com > wrote:
>It is easy enough to look at a post and if it is over, say, 3k, to ignore
>it. It would be even easier if there was a newsreader that did it for you.
>Is there one?
Forté Agent lets you set a maximum body size for retrieval.
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Tom Hise
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