Hi-jacked
On Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 10:48:20 AM UTC-7, Guy Acheson wrote:
Hi-jacked
I thought we had a moderator who would remove all this extraneous crap from ras? I know at least one ration of non-soaring crap has been removed about a month ago!
JJ
On Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 10:48:20 AM UTC-7, Guy Acheson wrote:
Hi-jacked
I thought we had a moderator who would remove all this extraneous crap from ras? I know at least one ration of non-soaring crap has been removed about a month ago!That RAS Prime is looking better all the time. OBTP
JJ
One of the great things about RAS is that it's not
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
One of the great things about RAS is that it's notGreat? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:You can hide them by clicking the icon to the left of the message, then clicking the "!" in the circle (upper right). The "This conversation has been hidden..." message will disappear after you use RAS some more.
One of the great things about RAS is that it's notGreat? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
One of the great things about RAS is that it's not
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
One of the great things about RAS is that it's not
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and
over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:39:07 -0700 (PDT), John Sinclair wrote:
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
One of the great things about RAS is that it's not
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s notIf you're using a good newsreader, you can kill off posters and threads
forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and
over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
you don't want to see. I use Pan as my newsreader. It can kill threads and/or posters for various lengths of time or 'forever' and you can also look at their posts again to see if they've improved while they were suppressed (they usually haven't.
Pan is open source, so free, and IIRC it works OK under Windows as well as Linux. IMO other good newsreader is Forte's Agent, but is Windows-only.
Both programs are free to download..
--What Usenet server do you use, or recommend?
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org
Eric Greenwell avait soumis l'idée :Thanks, I'll try them out. I formerly used a news reader and a usenet server, but it disappeared. RAS on Google is OK, but I'd like to try Usenet again.
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 3:25:44 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:You can see this list: http://usenet.ovh/?article=faq_serveur_gratuit (sorry, it's in french language).
On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:39:07 -0700 (PDT), John Sinclair wrote:What Usenet server do you use, or recommend?
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote: >>>> One of the great things about RAS is that it's notIf you're using a good newsreader, you can kill off posters and threads >> you don't want to see. I use Pan as my newsreader. It can kill threads
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not
forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and
over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
and/or posters for various lengths of time or 'forever' and you can also >> look at their posts again to see if they've improved while they were
suppressed (they usually haven't.
Pan is open source, so free, and IIRC it works OK under Windows as well as
Linux. IMO other good newsreader is Forte's Agent, but is Windows-only. >> Both programs are free to download..
--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org
Somme news server fight again spam and flood.
You have mine: news.usenet.ovh
and a well-know server: news.eternal-september.org
Sincerely
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 3:25:44 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:39:07 -0700 (PDT), John Sinclair wrote:What Usenet server do you use, or recommend?
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote: >>>> One of the great things about RAS is that it's notIf you're using a good newsreader, you can kill off posters and threads
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not >>> forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and
over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
you don't want to see. I use Pan as my newsreader. It can kill threads
and/or posters for various lengths of time or 'forever' and you can also
look at their posts again to see if they've improved while they were
suppressed (they usually haven't.
Pan is open source, so free, and IIRC it works OK under Windows as well as >> Linux. IMO other good newsreader is Forte's Agent, but is Windows-only.
Both programs are free to download..
--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 4:20:05 PM UTC-7, llp wrote:
Eric Greenwell avait soumis l'idée :Thanks, I'll try them out. I formerly used a news reader and a usenet server, but it disappeared. RAS on Google is OK, but I'd like to try Usenet again.
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 3:25:44 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote: >>>> On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:39:07 -0700 (PDT), John Sinclair wrote:You can see this list: http://usenet.ovh/?article=faq_serveur_gratuit
What Usenet server do you use, or recommend?
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote: >>>>>> One of the great things about RAS is that it's notIf you're using a good newsreader, you can kill off posters and threads >>>> you don't want to see. I use Pan as my newsreader. It can kill threads >>>> and/or posters for various lengths of time or 'forever' and you can also >>>> look at their posts again to see if they've improved while they were
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not
forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and >>>>> over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
suppressed (they usually haven't.
Pan is open source, so free, and IIRC it works OK under Windows as well as >>>> Linux. IMO other good newsreader is Forte's Agent, but is Windows-only. >>>> Both programs are free to download..
--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org
(sorry, it's in french language).
Somme news server fight again spam and flood.
You have mine: news.usenet.ovh
and a well-know server: news.eternal-september.org
Sincerely
What Usenet server do you use, or recommend?
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment.
It is 2023, no one under 70 knows what is usenet, nor use newsreader.
RAS prime is very difficult to find, even if you know the group name and search for it. Getting people there is difficult at the moment, and if there are no active subscribers, there are no posts, and no incentive to join.
Facebook groups are totally controlled by fb algorithm, so you might see something interesting sometimes, but more likely not. Maybe something is going on in instagram, don't know.
Most glider pilots do not like to interact in social media (this is a great mystery to me, in irl we interact and are social), so maybe it does not matter in the end.
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment.
It is 2023, no one under 70 knows what is usenet, nor use newsreader.
RAS prime is very difficult to find, even if you know the group name and search for it. Getting people there is difficult at the moment, and if there are no active subscribers, there are no posts, and no incentive to join.
Facebook groups are totally controlled by fb algorithm, so you might see something interesting sometimes, but more likely not. Maybe something is going on in instagram, don't know.
Most glider pilots do not like to interact in social media (this is a great mystery to me, in irl we interact and are social), so maybe it does not matter in the end.
On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:39:07 -0700 (PDT), John Sinclair wrote:
On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 1:20:26 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
One of the great things about RAS is that it's not
Great? What’s great about hawking LSD, Mushrooms, Gambling, & let’s not >> forget Mary Monkey Tree and Penis Whore Hoppers! All posted over and
over again!
I’m not going to wade through this shit much longer!
JJ
If you're using a good newsreader, you can kill off posters and threads
you don't want to see. I use Pan as my newsreader. It can kill threads
and/or posters for various lengths of time or 'forever' and you can also
look at their posts again to see if they've improved while they were suppressed (they usually haven't.
Pan is open source, so free, and IIRC it works OK under Windows as well as Linux. IMO other good newsreader is Forte's Agent, but is Windows-only.
Both programs are free to download..
Thunderbird and "news.eternal-september.org" as the news server took 10 minutes to setup. Easy even for someone who used news readers back in
the 80s. I'm sure a smart young person could do it even faster.
http://www.eternal-september.org/
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
The message filter tool has made RAS tolerable again. Most spam is never shown, and additional filters are easy to create.
On 11/3/23 5:12 AM, krasw wrote:
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment.
It is 2023, no one under 70 knows what is usenet, nor use newsreader.
RAS prime is very difficult to find, even if you know the group name
and search for it. Getting people there is difficult at the moment,
and if there are no active subscribers, there are no posts, and no
incentive to join.
Facebook groups are totally controlled by fb algorithm, so you might
see something interesting sometimes, but more likely not. Maybe
something is going on in instagram, don't know.
Most glider pilots do not like to interact in social media (this is a
great mystery to me, in irl we interact and are social), so maybe it
does not matter in the end.
THANK YOU, Sarah!
You put it in words that those "young whipper snappers" might take as encouragement. As one "over 70", it probably took me at least 20
minutes to figure it out.
Dan
5J
On 11/3/23 08:11, Sarah Anderson wrote:
Thunderbird and "news.eternal-september.org" as the news server took
10 minutes to setup. Easy even for someone who used news readers back
in the 80s. I'm sure a smart young person could do it even faster.
http://www.eternal-september.org/
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
The message filter tool has made RAS tolerable again. Most spam is
never shown, and additional filters are easy to create.
On 11/3/23 5:12 AM, krasw wrote:
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment. ...
On 11/3/2023 12:49 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
THANK YOU, Sarah!
You put it in words that those "young whipper snappers" might take as encouragement. As one "over 70", it probably took me at least 20
minutes to figure it out.
Dan
5J
On 11/3/23 08:11, Sarah Anderson wrote:
Thunderbird and "news.eternal-september.org" as the news server took
10 minutes to setup. Easy even for someone who used news readers back
in the 80s. I'm sure a smart young person could do it even faster.
http://www.eternal-september.org/
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
The message filter tool has made RAS tolerable again. Most spam is
never shown, and additional filters are easy to create.
On 11/3/23 5:12 AM, krasw wrote:
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment. ...
I've noticed that the way RAS appears to me, via eternal-september.orgIf in fact it is that big of a deal why not just go to RAS Prime, I recently decided to try Prime, yet not a big fan of censorship, as it borders on my first amendment freedoms. On the other hand how many mushrooms does one need? OBTP
and Thunderbird, not only do I not see postings from a couple of people
that I set up explicit "rules" to reject, but I also have not seen any
of the recent multitude of spam messages - even though I have not set up
any rules for that. (I took a look via Google to compare, oh my!) I
don't know how that happened - does eternal-september have spam
filtering? Does Thunderbird? Based on what criteria? Perhaps it
rejects postings that are directed to multiple Newsgroups, as this spam tends to be?
On 11/3/23 5:12 AM, krasw wrote:
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment. ...
I've noticed that the way RAS appears to me, via eternal-september.org and Thunderbird, not only do I not see postings from a couple
of people that I set up explicit "rules" to reject, but I also have not seen any of the recent multitude of spam messages - even
though I have not set up any rules for that. (I took a look via Google to compare, oh my!) I don't know how that happened - does
eternal-september have spam filtering? Does Thunderbird? Based on what criteria? Perhaps it rejects postings that are directed to
multiple Newsgroups, as this spam tends to be?
On 11/3/2023 12:49 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
THANK YOU, Sarah!
You put it in words that those "young whipper snappers" might take as
encouragement. As one "over 70", it probably took me at least 20
minutes to figure it out.
Dan
5J
On 11/3/23 08:11, Sarah Anderson wrote:
Thunderbird and "news.eternal-september.org" as the news server took
10 minutes to setup. Easy even for someone who used news readers back
in the 80s. I'm sure a smart young person could do it even faster.
http://www.eternal-september.org/
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
The message filter tool has made RAS tolerable again. Most spam is
never shown, and additional filters are easy to create.
On 11/3/23 5:12 AM, krasw wrote:
Spam is totally ruining this group at the moment. ...
I've noticed that the way RAS appears to me, via eternal-september.org
and Thunderbird, not only do I not see postings from a couple of people
that I set up explicit "rules" to reject, but I also have not seen any
of the recent multitude of spam messages - even though I have not set up
any rules for that. (I took a look via Google to compare, oh my!) I
don't know how that happened - does eternal-september have spam
filtering? Does Thunderbird? Based on what criteria? Perhaps it
rejects postings that are directed to multiple Newsgroups, as this spam
tends to be?
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