On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:28:02 -0000, "Scrim"
wrote:

This groups is so badly spammed I'm starting to give up on it. Why does
sci.electronics repair get so much and can this be fixed?

The only sure fix is to take control of your own news feed and filter it
aggressively before the feed gets to your client.

One approach is to install a local server on the same PC as your usenet
client. The server connects upstream, filters the traffic, and then
supplies your client application, typically through the loopback IP.

As a server it has access to the complete contents of every posting: all
header lines and the body text. That presents opportunities for
filtering that just are not possible when only a limited set of headers
are used.

See http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/index.html for some
examples.

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA