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Damn all those spammers

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Steven - 25 Apr 2008 08:48 GMT
This NG is drowning in spam lately.
As the spammers use different adresses all the time it's no use killfiling
them.
Anyone got any sugestions to get rid of this spam? I use XNews.

TIA

Steven
Mats Peterson - 25 Apr 2008 08:54 GMT
> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
> As the spammers use different adresses all the time it's no use killfiling
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> Steven

Different Message-IDs too? (like *googlegroups.com etc.)

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flak monkey - 25 Apr 2008 17:11 GMT
>> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
>> As the spammers use different adresses all the time it's no use
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>
> Different Message-IDs too? (like *googlegroups.com etc.)

Try News Proxy. I posted about it a few weeks ago, and it's dropping a good
95% of the spam for me. Kills trolls too, even the nym shifting variety. You
can set up combinations of filters to target posters very precisely.
Tony Gartshore - 25 Apr 2008 17:41 GMT
> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
> As the spammers use different adresses all the time it's no use killfiling
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>
> Steven

As the vast majority of it originates from google groups you need to
filter that out..

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_ex1.html

It does mean you will also filter out the one legit poster from GG, but
it's a small price to pay.

T.
Steven - 29 Apr 2008 08:05 GMT
> As the vast majority of it originates from google groups you need to
> filter that out..
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>
> T.

Thanks Tony,

Works like a charm!

Cheers,

Steven
maiesm72@netscape.com - 29 Apr 2008 08:20 GMT
On Apr 29, 12:05 am, Steven <i...@ikke.com> wrote:> Tony Gartshore
<di...@bogsnorkle.com> wrote innews:MPG.
227c1a054bc9433398975f@news.plus.net:> > > > > As the vast majority of
it originates from google groups you need to> > filter that out..> >
>http://improve-usenet.org/filters_ex1.html> > > It does mean you will
also filter out the one legit poster from GG,> > but it's a small
price to pay.> > > T.> > Thanks Tony,> > Works like a charm!> >
Cheers,> > StevenWhile we were discussing kill filters it appears that
the jerk has gone on to greener pastures.Wonder if he went to the
local commisar to brag about his incredible increase in income? If
that's the case his head has some company up his a.s.Now, whom shall
replace him?Tom
Nigel Heather - 25 Apr 2008 19:11 GMT
On advice hear I set up a block on my mail reader (Outlook Express) to block
groups.google.com.

Sure it will block a few innocents but it got rid of 90+% instantly.

I then added a 'delete' rule to kill any message with 'watch' in the title.

Just the odd one or two get through now.

I'm sure most newsreaders have similar functions.

Cheers,

Nigel
Val Kraut - 26 Apr 2008 01:57 GMT
It works  - google seems to be the source - block them - eventually the
honest posters will go elsewhere and the spamers will quit - bye bye google.

> On advice hear I set up a block on my mail reader (Outlook Express) to
> block groups.google.com.
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>
> Nigel
Carl Dershem - 26 Apr 2008 01:10 GMT
> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
> As the spammers use different adresses all the time it's no use
> killfiling them.
> Anyone got any sugestions to get rid of this spam? I use XNews.

I've been using parts of the subject line, and it's helped a bit.  "watch",
for instance stops a lot of it.

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MySelf - 26 Apr 2008 19:33 GMT
>  
>> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
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> cd
>  

That's how I have mine set up too, any piece of a word in the From or
Subject that seems common to many, yet unlikely to block a legitimate
post.  Very few get through.  WWW is another great one for a partial.
Grandpa John
Rufus - 26 Apr 2008 19:52 GMT
>>  
>>> This NG is drowning in spam lately.
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> post.  Very few get through.  WWW is another great one for a partial.
> Grandpa John

I just started using this sort of keyword filtering with Seamonkey a few
days ago - it's working like a charm...life is way better across all the
groups I subscribe to - Seamonkey NG filters seem to be global for the
server/account they are applied to...

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