volvo Newsgroup usage ...

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Jimbo, Oct 15, 2003.

  1. Jimbo

    Jimbo Guest

    Anyone know how to blackhole or banish these people posting crap to this
    newgroup? My take on it ... if it ain't about cars (volvo) then they
    should not be posting here and clogging up the newsgroup ...

    thoughts?
     
    Jimbo, Oct 15, 2003
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  2. Jimbo

    Jimbo Guest

    I sent email to ... it appears that this is where the
    posts are originating ...
     
    Jimbo, Oct 15, 2003
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  3. Jimbo

    127.0.0.1 Guest

    learn how to set up and use a killfile
     
    127.0.0.1, Oct 15, 2003
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  4. Jimbo

    Jimbo Guest

    Message filters are easy ... this is not the issue ... it's the people
    posting crap to the group that they shouldn't be ... when there are too
    many inappropriate postings then people may percieve this group as a
    political group rather than a volvo group ... I've seen a lot of good
    groups go bad and stop being used due to spamming like this.
     
    Jimbo, Oct 15, 2003
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  5. Jimbo

    Jimbo Guest

    Message filters are easy ... this is not the issue ... it's the people
    posting crap to the group that they shouldn't be ... when there are too
    many inappropriate postings then people may percieve this group as a
    political group rather than a volvo group ... I've seen a lot of good
    groups go bad and stop being used due to spamming like this.
     
    Jimbo, Oct 15, 2003
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  6. Jimbo

    JohanE Guest

    And dont post twice..... :)
     
    JohanE, Oct 15, 2003
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  7. Jimbo

    Tim McNamara Guest

    I agree, but idiots like this are not going to stop because they are
    so self-important. These threads have been persistent for a couple of
    years, I am not sure which jerkoff starts them but they're perpetuated
    quite enthusiastically.

    Check to see if your newsreader will kill by thread; if not, then
    killfile the authors. If that doesn't work, get a different
    newsreader that does have these abilities.
     
    Tim McNamara, Oct 15, 2003
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  8. Jimbo

    Tim McNamara Guest

    Well, this really isn't spam per se. The only real option to stop
    inappropriate posting is creating a moderated group. Otherwise,
    Usenet is as free as air- you can't stop people from farting into your
    air space unfortunately.

    Another option is to start responding to posts in the inappropriate
    threads and removing this newsgroup from the headers.
     
    Tim McNamara, Oct 15, 2003
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  9. Jimbo

    brian Guest

    Lots of Volvo advice from users and Volvo engineers at
    vvspy.com and Swedish engineering-Volvo Links.url.

    Have tried sending the URL's as attachments but no-one
    seems to want to open them, fear of virus I expect.
    Regards,
    Brian.
     
    brian, Oct 17, 2003
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  10. From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is brian:
    That's because you clearly don't understand what a Newsgroup is, or
    how to post to one.

    I blame this:

    --

    Stewart Hargrave

    A lot faster than public transport


    For email, replace 'SpamOnlyToHere' with my name
     
    Stewart Hargrave, Oct 17, 2003
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  11. Jimbo

    Peter Milnes Guest

    You can send the URLs to me as attachments please Brian. I will have a use for
    them.

    Cheers, Peter.

    : Lots of Volvo advice from users and Volvo engineers at
    : vvspy.com and Swedish engineering-Volvo Links.url.
    :
    : Have tried sending the URL's as attachments but no-one
    : seems to want to open them, fear of virus I expect.
    : Regards,
    : Brian.
    :
    :
     
    Peter Milnes, Oct 18, 2003
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