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From: Terence on 6 Jan 2010 17:42 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.
From: Rui Maciel on 7 Jan 2010 13:25 Terence 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. The irony of this is that you are posting this message to a series of newsgroups, in effect spamming them. Rui Maciel
From: James Harris on 9 Jan 2010 05:50 On 6 Jan, 22:42, Terence <tbwri...(a)cantv.net> 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. The spam is a plague. Last time I checked most of it came from Google. Google were policing some newsgroups and made a big difference in them. Unfortunately despite their vast income they seem to have abandoned policing for at least some of the groups that they have policed well in the past. A Google Group (in spite of Google being responsible for this mess) might have been a good idea if it could be restricted to members but many people read Usenet and this group in particular via local newsreaders and not via the Web. I don't think they would appreciate a change to a web front end. Plus there are already many member-based forum web sites. The distinguishing factor for Usenet is its open and universal access. A two sided coin. Final point: Moderated Usenet is another option. Group comp.lang.asm.x86 is moderated but may be looking for a new moderator. James
From: Nathan on 9 Jan 2010 14:06 On Jan 9, 5:50 am, James Harris <james.harri...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > Final point: Moderated Usenet is another option. Group > comp.lang.asm.x86 is moderated but may be looking for a new moderator. > Basically, we are in the process of re-locating the server. If everything works the way I think it will, then most of the spam- filtering will be automatic and we can have "white list" functionality again. Please bear with us during this transition... Nathan.
From: Terence on 9 Jan 2010 16:23
On Jan 10, 6:06 am, Nathan <nathancba...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 9, 5:50 am, James Harris <james.harri...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Final point: Moderated Usenet is another option. Group > > comp.lang.asm.x86 is moderated but may be looking for a new moderator. > > Basically, we are in the process of re-locating the server. If > everything works the way I think it will, then most of the spam- > filtering will be automatic and we can have "white list" functionality > again. Please bear with us during this transition... > > Nathan. This is an unexpected but welcome reply. I didn't know that anybody was "behind the wheel". All it takes is either a queue entry to a watchful moderator; or a moderator with the power to remove or replace a posted item; or a spam filter on the input side of the posting service. I was an assembler programmer (~1956) before anythnig else in IT. |