Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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Hank wrote:

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:19:59 AM UTC-5, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Hi Bill,
The different languages. Maybe I'll come back in a few months.

It's Thai, and I think it originates from Google Groups, and I don't
know if they intend to do anything about it. I don't use GG, so I
don't know if you can filter it out. I use astraweb with Seamonkey,
and I've managed to filter it out. It doesn't show up at all in news.eternal-september.org. If you have a newsreader, you could use
them, I suppose. https://www.eternal-september.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en

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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:45:23 -0500,
bfh <redydog@rye.net> wrote:

Hank wrote:

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:19:59 AM UTC-5, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Hi Bill,
The different languages. Maybe I'll come back in a few months.

It's Thai, and I think it originates from Google Groups, and I
don't know if they intend to do anything about it. I don't use
GG, so I don't know if you can filter it out. I use astraweb
with Seamonkey, and I've managed to filter it out. It doesn't
show up at all in news.eternal-september.org. If you have a
newsreader, you could use them, I suppose.

From knowledgeable folks on various Usenet focused groups, the
greatest likelihood by far is that Google will do nothing about
the massive spamming hitting Usent via Google Groups. Some peers
are filtering out everything from Google, others are not. So what
you see will be affected by the server(s) you use.

With some news clients it's pretty simple to filter out posts from
GG. For example, here's one of the lines I use for scoring in
slrn...

[rec.*]
Score:: =-9999
Message-ID: .*googlegroups.com

I made my filtering group specific rather than across all groups
because a couple of groups have legitimate (and worthwhile)
contributors who use GG.

--
Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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On 12/6/2023 8:32 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:45:23 -0500,
bfh <redydog@rye.net> wrote:

Hank wrote:

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:19:59 AM UTC-5, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Hi Bill,
The different languages. Maybe I'll come back in a few months.

It's Thai, and I think it originates from Google Groups, and I
don't know if they intend to do anything about it. I don't use
GG, so I don't know if you can filter it out. I use astraweb
with Seamonkey, and I've managed to filter it out. It doesn't
show up at all in news.eternal-september.org. If you have a
newsreader, you could use them, I suppose.

From knowledgeable folks on various Usenet focused groups, the
greatest likelihood by far is that Google will do nothing about
the massive spamming hitting Usent via Google Groups.

First they made some of the worst affected groups read only. Of course,
that makes participation in a group pretty impossible. Lately, I guess
they're using CAPTCHAs in some way or another. They're not serious
about stopping it.

Some peers
are filtering out everything from Google, others are not. So what
you see will be affected by the server(s) you use.

From what I've heard, there were only temporary total blocks on Google
to protect their servers from the onslaught, but most have been lifted
and the server owners are simply processing NoCeMs from several sources.
This of course leads to false positives which they have to
continually work on to eliminate.

With some news clients it's pretty simple to filter out posts from
GG. For example, here's one of the lines I use for scoring in
slrn...

[rec.*]
Score:: =-9999
Message-ID: .*googlegroups.com

I use the injection-info header for mine.

I made my filtering group specific rather than across all groups
because a couple of groups have legitimate (and worthwhile)
contributors who use GG.

I go server wide, and whitelist if I desire to see someone's posts. The whitelist is small.



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Stand With Israel!
NOTE: If you use Google Groups I don't see you,
unless you're whitelisted and that's doubtful.

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On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 11:17:07 -0600,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

On 12/6/2023 8:32 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

I made my filtering group specific rather than across all
groups because a couple of groups have legitimate (and
worthwhile) contributors who use GG.

I go server wide, and whitelist if I desire to see someone's
posts. The whitelist is small.

Oh, that's a good idea. Now why didn't *I* think of that!?

--
Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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On 12/5/2023 7:45 PM, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:19:59 AM UTC-5, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell
happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Hi Bill,
The different languages. Maybe I'll come back in a few months.

It's Thai, and I think it originates from Google Groups, and I don't
know if they intend to do anything about it. I don't use GG, so I don't
know if you can filter it out. I use astraweb with Seamonkey, and I've managed to filter it out. It doesn't show up at all in news.eternal-september.org. If you have a newsreader, you could use
them, I suppose. https://www.eternal-september.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en

You used to brag how you didn't use a filter - you just averted your
eyes. You must have gone allegedly forward and embraced your inner
allegedly smart part.

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kmiller wrote:

On 12/5/2023 7:45 PM, bfh wrote:

Hank wrote:

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:19:59 AM UTC-5, bfh wrote: >>>> Hank wrote:

I go away for a short time, and then this happens. What the hell
happened in here?

Please elaborate on "this".

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Hi Bill,
The different languages. Maybe I'll come back in a few months.

It's Thai, and I think it originates from Google Groups, and I don't
know if they intend to do anything about it. I don't use GG, so I
don't know if you can filter it out. I use astraweb with Seamonkey,
and I've managed to filter it out. It doesn't show up at all in
news.eternal-september.org. If you have a newsreader, you could use
them, I suppose.
https://www.eternal-september.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en

You used to brag how you didn't use a filter - you just averted  your
eyes. You must have gone allegedly forward and embraced your inner
allegedly smart part.

I've gotten significantly older and the number of assholes that I can efficaciously dodge with just my neurofilter has gotten significantly
smaller. And I've had so little experience with Seamonkey newsgroup
filters, it took me awhile to figure out how to filter the Thai
asshole army.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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