On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:47:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
It's so sad. I used to read this group regularly in the late '90s.
There was spam and political rants then, but nothing like now, where
it seems like nine out of ten posts are ads for stupid watches or
something. Is there anything to be done?

Killfiles. Block wide crossposts and anything from Asia for starters.