A lot of people have been complaining about an individual who is forging
posts and trying to bring the group down.

It's easy to filter out his posts in Thunderbird.

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

This needs minor alteration for this purpose:-

At stage 2, type into the box: Message-ID

At stage 3, select Message-ID ... contains ... aioe.org


I feel a bit bad about suggesting this, as the guy obviously needs the
attention, but it would really be a shame if his obsession led to yet
another group closing.