"Maxwell Lol" wrote in message
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Rex writes:

Well, between Cliff and TMT, the signal/noise ratio here has exceeded
the value of the sparse metalworking content provided. My newsreader
doesn't have decent filtering and I'm loathe to add another add-on to
the overhead.

Thunderbird is a mail program, and not really a news reader.
Using a real news reader isn't an "add-on". It's a replacement.

Killfiles can be fast and painless.

Speaking for myself, the problem here are the off-topic posters and no
amount of "better" newsreaders is going to fix that. The problem is rampant
across all the "serious" newsgroups I read.