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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:42:29 -0000, Robert Miles <robertmiles@bellsouthnospam.net> wrote:

>
> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:op.umzot7az4buhsv@fx62.mshome.net...
>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:15:20 -0000, Robert Miles
>> <robertmiles@bellsouthnospam.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:op.umr78dv04buhsv@fx62.mshome.net...
>>>> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:26:57 -0000, Robert Miles
>>>> <robertmiles@bellsouthnospam.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:op.umqgb1oy4buhsv@fx62.mshome.net...
>>>>>> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:24:36 -0000, Robert Miles
>>>>>> <robertmiles@bellsouthnospam.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Peeassha" <peaashcha@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:gitqso$rcb$1@news.motzarella.org...

>>

>>>>>>> So you enjoy reading spam and messages from trolls?  Since my
>>>>>>> newsreader
>>>>>>> program isn't especially good at filtering out the spammers and
>>>>>>> trolls
>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>> keep changing their return addresses, I'd prefer to have the
>>>>>>> newsgroups
>>>>>>> arrive with them already filtered out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've already created about 1000 rules to filter out unwanted posts
>>>>>>> from those who don't keep changing their return addresses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Robert Miles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You assume they only filter what you want them to filter.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter Hucker
>>>>> .
>>>>> So let those who can afford it also offer an unfiltered option for
>>>>> those
>>>>> who prefer that.  I'd still prefer an option to have the spam and
>>>>> trolls
>>>>> filtered out, at no extra charge, for those whose software can't do it.
>>>>> Or, alternatively, a requirement for all newsreader programs to offer
>>>>> the option of filtering by IP address of the original poster if that
>>>>> newsreader is included in anything still being sold, such as Vista, and
>>>>> also offer the option of importing and exporting the filtering rules so
>>>>> I can share my filtering rules with anyone with the same opinions of
>>>>> what to filter out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Miles
>>>>
>>>> IP address?  What's mine?
>>>>
>>>> Peter Hucker
>>>>
>>> You're one of the few people I've seen posting messages with headers
>>> that don't show the IP address.  Filtering out the spammers and trolls
>>> whose headers show a constant IP address would be a big improvement,
>>> even if there are a few who wouldn't be filtered out that way.
>>>
>>> Robert Miles
>>
>> I haven't checked, but I assumed all spammers with any sense (ok maybe
>> that's an oxymoron) hid their IP.
>>
> The ones I've seen posting through Google Groups at least tend to use a
> constant IP address, so I wouldn't care if that's not their real IP address.
> And since most of the spam I see is posted through Google Groups, that
> would allow me to block most of it and help me catch up on the busier
> newsgroups that I read.
>
> By the way, I've been an engineer since 1972; retired now, though.

Good for you.  Were we discusssing engineers?

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