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From: wolfgang kern on 10 Jan 2010 04:52 Jim Higgins wrote: >>The way to solve this problem is for a small interested group (2/3) to >>volunteer, and start a moderated group under a similar name, on Google >>Groups. >>Then most spam is detected and sidelined to a "please confirm" file, >>where honest postings can be tagged by an informed moderator, for >>immediate release; while the others are quickly junked and do not >>appear in public. >>Lack of postings and business will then deter this plague. > Move to Google to avoid Google spam? Oh, HELL NO! > Yes, this would work as you describe, but I'd rather be poked in the > eye with a sharp stick than deal with the Google web interface. > Also it just rubs me the wrong way to use Google to avoid a problem > caused by Google spammers that Google does little about. Google > allows the problem to continue, but offers refuge from it if you set > up moderated groups on Google. Not NO, but HELL NO! > What this sort of thing will do in the long run is "Balkanize" Usenet. > And when the "Real Usenet" loses enough critical mass to places like > Google, it dies. > Far better (IMHO) that we simply filter everything with a MessageID > containing "googlegroups.com" and the good folks posting from there > come back to Usenet. I'm full with you here, we should try what we can to keep UseNet alive. __ wolfgang
From: Willow on 11 Jan 2010 22:16
I"m trying to post now using a real usenet server... let's see if it works. Willow wolfgang kern wrote: > Jim Higgins wrote: [snip] >> Far better (IMHO) that we simply filter everything with a MessageID >> containing "googlegroups.com" and the good folks posting from there >> come back to Usenet. > > I'm full with you here, we should try what we can to keep UseNet alive. > > __ > wolfgang > > > |