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michael 'media phrase man' newport :
On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:34:11 +0100, "Phil L"
wrote:

Rick Hughes wrote:
On 29/07/2012 17:26, S R wrote:
I subscribe to a number of newgroups, ranging from IT related to
health and of course this one.

I have to say that the uk.d-i-y one is by FAR the best.

Brilliant exchange of ideas and genuinely good advice.

A thank you to everyone over the years who has contributed and
helped me.

Have to agree it's a good usenet group ... been here since 1995 ...
when you had to use trn or similar to access.

The amount of off topic cross-posting seems to have reduced, (mainly
selling trainers/Rolex/Viagra or some Religious fanaticism) it got so
bad a while back I avoided using group for over a year.


That's because you never bothered to learn how to filter out such garbage,
it takes less than 5 minutes and you'll never see another ad for trainers
again.


How do you filter such garbage in less than 5 minutes? (Just asking
for OP) :-)


I pay someone the remarkably reasonable sum of EUR 10 a year to do it
for me.

http://www.individual.net/

trainers? Rolex? Viagra? Religious fanaticism? I don't see any of it.

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Mike Barnes