🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:07:53 -0400, dick <dick@grass.org> wrote:

 >As I recall, several years ago (when I was more active in the local
 >newsgroups) there was a proposal to robo-moderate dc.politics by
 >rejecting all cross postings. I thought then, and do now, that this
 >approach would ease the problems with a number of groups including the
 >current dc.general. At the time uunet agreed to honor such
 >cancellations, but noone actually put the software in place to make it
 >happen.
 >
 >IMHO, a better answer than moderation.

I agree, but maybe with a max. of 3 or 4 groups.  Some (careful,
minor, targeted) cross-posting is legitimate, you know.  Most of the
nuisance posts are posted to at least 10 groups.

Mike



 >
 >dick@gillpiette.com
 >pat wrote:
 >
 >> klaatu wrote:
 >>
 >> [stuff on trolls]
 >>
 >> I took the advice of those present and started filtering everything
 >> relevant to
 >> *swbell.net.
 >>
 >> that's helped,  but i think we should write a cancel-goat,  that looks
 >> for
 >> anything cross-posted to dc.general with more then 4 groups,  or
 >> anything cross-posted from *rush-limbaugh or *politics* to dc.general.
 >>
 >> Maybe if it was running from a few good ISPs we could cancel off
 >> the worst of the trash.
 >>
 >> pat
 >
 >
 >

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