I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers,
I guess google really wants to muzzle it.
Andy Burns wrote:
bad sector wrote:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I don't see it unless I view the relevant tag.
What's a "relevant tag"?
bad sector wrote:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I don't see it unless I view the relevant tag.
Even I could block that spam [...] Why can't Google? (if it's going
through them, that is).
On this newsgroup, Frank is the acknowledged
leader in nntp headers so maybe he'll chime in.
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I don't see it unless I view the relevant tag.
I use thundberbird message filters to add tag #6 to messages coming from googlegroups (unless it's from someone in a special address book) that
way I don't see it. But if I want to check whether the filters are
working, I can view all messages with tag #6
Am 03.12.23 um 16:12 schrieb bad sector:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers,
I guess google really wants to muzzle it.
Here it is absolutely spamfree.
Your client - albeit so old it already turned to dust - would easily
allow you to filter it. Or use Solani, E-S or individual.net.
Even I could block that spam [...] Why can't Google? (if it's going
through them, that is).
It's not only going through them, it's coming *from* their users.
On this newsgroup, Frank is the acknowledged
leader in nntp headers so maybe he'll chime in.
I have a separate address book called "google whitelist"
I put people in it of I know they're google groups users
I have a message filter that has two rules and two actions
IF "from" ISN'T IN ADDR BOOK "google whitelist"
AND message-id CONTAINS "@googlegroups.com"
THEN mark as read
AND add tag #6
That's thunderbird, I'm sure other clients can do similar
micky wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
bad sector wrote:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I don't see it unless I view the relevant tag.
What's a "relevant tag"?
I use thundberbird message filters to add tag #6 to messages coming from >googlegroups (unless it's from someone in a special address book) that
way I don't see it. But if I want to check whether the filters are
working, I can view all messages with tag #6
Very interesting. Copy to a friend who uses Thunderbird.
Your client - albeit so old it already turned to dust - would easily
allow you to filter it. Or use Solani, E-S or individual.net.
Sticking one's head in the sand doesn't impede google,
and no one else is behind all the spam as far as I'm
concerned because no one else wants to destroy usenet
as much as google does. The prime beneficiary has to
be the prime suspect. The same problem on many, many
other NG's and no one is going to convince me that
spammers would be so attracted by a dying platform.
Am 03.12.23 um 16:12 schrieb bad sector:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers,
I guess google really wants to muzzle it.
Here it is absolutely spamfree.
Your client - albeit so old it already turned to dust - would easily
allow you to filter it. Or use Solani, E-S or individual.net.
On 12/3/23 10:59 AM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
Am 03.12.23 um 16:12 schrieb bad sector:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers,
I guess google really wants to muzzle it.
Here it is absolutely spamfree.
Your client - albeit so old it already turned to dust - would easily
allow you to filter it. Or use Solani, E-S or individual.net.
Sticking one's head in the sand doesn't impede google,
and no one else is behind all the spam as far as I'm
concerned because no one else wants to destroy usenet
as much as google does. The prime beneficiary has to
be the prime suspect. The same problem on many, many
other NG's and no one is going to convince me that
spammers would be so attracted by a dying platform.
In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 3 Dec 2023 15:49:22 +0000, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
micky wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
bad sector wrote:
I see this NG is also being attacked by spammers
I don't see it unless I view the relevant tag.
What's a "relevant tag"?
I use thundberbird message filters to add tag #6 to messages coming from
googlegroups (unless it's from someone in a special address book) that
way I don't see it. But if I want to check whether the filters are
working, I can view all messages with tag #6
Very interesting. Copy to a friend who uses Thunderbird.
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote
Very interesting. Copy to a friend who uses Thunderbird.
Hi micky,
To help you (and others like you) out...
1. Best to point your friends on TB to the TB Usenet newsgroup.
alt.comp.software.thunderbird
They will answer TB & BetterBird filtering questions.
One set of web-searchable permanent auto-archives are here:
<http://alt.comp.software.thunderbird.narkive.com>
2. And if you're really using Forte as your newsreader...
I think Ken Blake uses Forte so you can ask him for help.
I think this is the group for the forte newsreader questions.
alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent (if you can believe that)
There are other groups with "forte" in the name though.
The very top-most post is "Google spam" in fact, just now:
<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent>
From: John Larkin
Dec 2, 2023, 9:53:45 PM (16 hours ago)
Does anyone know the proper filter expression to kill all
usenet posts from google groups?
3. There's also a Usenet newsgroup for all newsreader support.
news.software.readers
<https://groups.google.com/g/news.software.readers>
Frank and Vanguard often post to that newsgroup to help others.
Usenet is dying, anyway.
On 12/6/23 5:43 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
"bad sector" <forgetski@invalid.net> wrote
So it's gradually dying out as people simply age out of it. Have
you ever tried to explain to a 40-year-old, much less a
20-year-old, what Usenet is?
I've been skiing for the last 35 years. 6-minute conversations with strangers on the lift. I never found a person who knew what usenet was.
I don't ask any more. My usenet 'friends' migrated to Facebook and
then just fell off the edge.
For years there was virtually no spam in Microsoft programming
groups, even when MS disowned them. But it's started showing
up since E-S dropped them. There just aren't enough people
still interested and able to access the groups. That seems to
draw the spammers.
The purpose of spam MUST be simple vandalism; we see it in various
posters who simply want to stir up trouble. Same as trash in the
forests and graffiti everywhere.
On 12/6/23 5:43 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
"bad sector" <forgetski@invalid.net> wrote
| Sticking one's head in the sand doesn't impede google,
| and no one else is behind all the spam as far as I'm
| concerned because no one else wants to destroy usenet
| as much as google does. The prime beneficiary has to
| be the prime suspect. The same problem on many, many
| other NG's and no one is going to convince me that
| spammers would be so attracted by a dying platform.
|
That would be a lot of work for Google. Usenet is dying,
anyway. And half the people still here are so old and cranky
that they just argue all day, or they ask questions to have
company. I think the main problem is that younger people
don't want free, open services. It makes them feel "unsafe"
if they can't upvote, downvote and complain to moderators.
If true, and I think it probably is, that's incredibly sad. The world
holds more possibilities now than ever before, and the little idiots are deliberately limiting themselves. "Safety" is an illusion and is pretty much dependent on luck, although preparation helps a lot.
Does any spammer, who are trying to profit in some manner, post to
Usenet proper?
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