WOW is this place ever getting loaded up with ****. Hope it's just a cycle
and it backs off.

"Lee" wrote in message
. net...
WOW is this place ever getting loaded up with ****. Hope it's just a cycle
and it backs off.

Seems like most every news group is getting bombed heavily. Most times it
runs in cycles but if it proves profitable, they may keep it up.

Edwin Pawlowski took a can of maroon spray paint on March 15, 2008 07:19 pm
and wrote the following:


"Lee" wrote in message
. net...
WOW is this place ever getting loaded up with ****. Hope it's just a
cycle and it backs off.

Seems like most every news group is getting bombed heavily. Most times it
runs in cycles but if it proves profitable, they may keep it up.

Seems like most every news group has three or more threads bitching about
it, filters work people, use them, do it yourself, do not rely on your news
provider to do it for you.
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

As far as I can tell, 100% of the spam is coming from google groups.
It would be great to set nfilter just to block all posts from that
domain, so I did a test. Instead of blocking all google groups
postings, I had Nfilter flag them. It appears that a significant
portion of the valid traffic for this group also comes through google
groups. So if I block all google traffic, I block most everything else
too.

So now I have a humongus kill filter that lists just about every brand
name imaginable. Seems to be working.

-dickm

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:19:46 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Lee" wrote in message
.net...
WOW is this place ever getting loaded up with ****. Hope it's just a cycle
and it backs off.

Seems like most every news group is getting bombed heavily. Most times it
runs in cycles but if it proves profitable, they may keep it up.

In article , wrote:
As far as I can tell, 100% of the spam is coming from google groups.
It would be great to set nfilter just to block all posts from that
domain, so I did a test. Instead of blocking all google groups
postings, I had Nfilter flag them. It appears that a significant
portion of the valid traffic for this group also comes through google
groups. So if I block all google traffic, I block most everything else
too.

See my post a few days ago in which I showed how to set up filters that drop
googlegroups posts in general, but allow Charlie Self's to come through.

In general:

* sco+100 message-id:googlegroups
* sco-100
* sco-100
* drop sco100

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

"Dave Balderstone" wrote:

1 - get a news provider like Supernews that filters the worst of the
crap at the server.

Just curious, does AOL have access to news groups same as Earthlink or
Verizon?

If so, is the set up straight forward?

Been asked to set up an AOL account.

Normally, I don't do AOL, but this time have no choice.

Lew Hodgett took a can of maroon spray paint on March 16, 2008 08:44 pm and
wrote the following:


"Dave Balderstone" wrote:

1 - get a news provider like Supernews that filters the worst of the
crap at the server.

Just curious, does AOL have access to news groups same as Earthlink or
Verizon?

If so, is the set up straight forward?

Been asked to set up an AOL account.

Normally, I don't do AOL, but this time have no choice.

AOL ditched usenet years ago.
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

"Dave Balderstone" wrote:

AOL killed their news access years ago. Thank god.

So what are the options with AOL as the ISP?

Lew

Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Lew Hodgett
wrote:

Just curious, does AOL have access to news groups same as Earthlink or
Verizon?

AOL killed their news access years ago. Thank god.

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

"jo4hn" wrote in message ...
Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Lew Hodgett
wrote:

Just curious, does AOL have access to news groups same as Earthlink or Verizon?

AOL killed their news access years ago. Thank god.

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

Really?? That is a surprise to me. It is really surprising since I am using
Earthlink.


Dan

"Maxwell Lol" wrote in message ...
"Dan Coby" writes:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

Really?? That is a surprise to me. It is really surprising since I am using
Earthlink.

But you are using SuperNews for your NNTP posting.

I assume jo4hn means Earthlink stops maintaining their own NNTP
server, rather than block port 119.

The news group server that I am using is named nntp.earthlink.net. You are correct
that the header says Supernews and that implies that Earthlink has outsourced
its news group support to Supernews.

However I interpreted jo4hn's message as saying that he left earthlink because
he could no longer access news groups from Earthlink. Earthlink does provide
access to news groups.

BTW: I do have a complaint with Earthlink concerning news groups. I cannot access
news groups from Earthlink when I am on the road (thus when I am using some else's
ISP.) Earthlink's support basically said tough. They suggested that I use Google
groups. I have tried GG and it is terrible.

jo4hn wrote:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

I can still get newsgroups thru earthlink.net using
(news.west.earthlink.net); however, can't get there with Thunderbird, must
use OE.

I'm looking for a dial-up solution using AOL for when I'm away.

Lew

Lew Hodgett took a can of maroon spray paint on March 17, 2008 04:48 pm and
wrote the following:


jo4hn wrote:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

I can still get newsgroups thru earthlink.net using
(news.west.earthlink.net); however, can't get there with Thunderbird, must
use OE.

I'm looking for a dial-up solution using AOL for when I'm away.

Lew

An AOL dialup account, will probably be comparable in price to going to a
dedicated usenet provider, i.e. less than $10/month. Plus when using it
you will not be limited to dialup, if you stay at a hotel or a friends
place with DSL or cable you will still be able to use it.

I have DSL through one provider, going to my inlaws for Easter weekend, I'll
just plug my laptop into the network there (I set it up, mainly for when I
go there), they are on a Cable provider, and I don't notice the difference.
I use Easynews, but there are many choices.
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

Lew Hodgett wrote:
jo4hn wrote:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

I can still get newsgroups thru earthlink.net using
(news.west.earthlink.net); however, can't get there with Thunderbird, must
use OE.

I'm looking for a dial-up solution using AOL for when I'm away.

Lew



I use Thunderbird as my news reader and
I'm signed up with a free feed called
AIOE (http://aioe.org/). For the most
part I've been happy with it for the few
groups I need access to.

As a bonus, it seems to filter pretty
aggressively for spam, although that's a
mixed blessing. It also filters out a
couple of regular contributors in here,
but I normally can pick them up if
they're quoted by someone one else.

Tanus

--

FrozenNorth wrote in
:


An AOL dialup account, will probably be comparable in price to going
to a dedicated usenet provider, i.e. less than $10/month. Plus when
using it you will not be limited to dialup, if you stay at a hotel or
a friends place with DSL or cable you will still be able to use it.


*snip*

Some providers will provide access for a certain amount of data. For
example, my news provider allows me to transfer 90 GB for $25. (This was
part of a promotion that may be over now.)

Astraweb is the provider. They do almost no filtering at all, so it's
all up to you. Not affiliated...just a customer and all that.

Puckdropper
--
You can only do so much with caulk, cardboard, and duct tape.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Tanus took a can of maroon spray paint on March 17, 2008 06:34 pm and wrote
the following:

Lew Hodgett wrote:
jo4hn wrote:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn

I can still get newsgroups thru earthlink.net using
(news.west.earthlink.net); however, can't get there with Thunderbird,
must use OE.

I'm looking for a dial-up solution using AOL for when I'm away.

Lew



I use Thunderbird as my news reader and
I'm signed up with a free feed called
AIOE (http://aioe.org/). For the most
part I've been happy with it for the few
groups I need access to.

As a bonus, it seems to filter pretty
aggressively for spam, although that's a
mixed blessing. It also filters out a
couple of regular contributors in here,
but I normally can pick them up if
they're quoted by someone one else.

Tanus

Haven't checked them recently, but do they still have a 25 post per day
limit?

--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

"FrozenNorth" wrote:

An AOL dialup account, will probably be comparable in price to
going to a
dedicated usenet provider, i.e. less than $10/month.

Tough to compete with FREE.

Have access to an AOL freebie, so looking for a way to use it for news
groups when I'm at the AOL location.

Lew

FrozenNorth wrote:
Tanus took a can of maroon spray paint on March 17, 2008 06:34 pm and wrote
the following:

Lew Hodgett wrote:
jo4hn wrote:

I left Earthlink because the killed access to news groups.
grouse,
jo4hn
I can still get newsgroups thru earthlink.net using
(news.west.earthlink.net); however, can't get there with Thunderbird,
must use OE.

I'm looking for a dial-up solution using AOL for when I'm away.

Lew


I use Thunderbird as my news reader and
I'm signed up with a free feed called
AIOE (http://aioe.org/). For the most
part I've been happy with it for the few
groups I need access to.

As a bonus, it seems to filter pretty
aggressively for spam, although that's a
mixed blessing. It also filters out a
couple of regular contributors in here,
but I normally can pick them up if
they're quoted by someone one else.

Tanus

Haven't checked them recently, but do they still have a 25 post per day
limit?


I can't remember what the limit is. I do
remember there being one, but it's so
far above what I post that I've never
approached it.

Tanus

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