Just in case anyone else is tired of wading through the irrelevant cross
posted stuff, here is a method for blocking cross posts in Thunderbird:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...ng_cross_posts

(you can block specific groups or all cross posted messages)

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Cheers,

John.

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