Blocking Unwanted Posters

Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings or
maybe links to pornographic sites.

Topics like:

My Girls
Lonely Heart

Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
Profession.

Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.

In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
Mail.

"Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings or
> maybe links to pornographic sites.
>
> Topics like:
>
> My Girls
> Lonely Heart
>
> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
> Profession.
>
> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.

That's fine but, considering Microsoft's resources, one would think that
these things would never make it into the groups in the first place. Or, if
they do, be removed from all groups simultaneously instead of the seemingly
piecemeal "removed from server" on one group but not the rest.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBF HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
> Mail.
>
> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings or
>> maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>
>> Topics like:
>>
>> My Girls
>> Lonely Heart
>>
>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>> Profession.
>>
>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>
>

Sheet. I wrote the following and, just to stay
honest, I tried it. Guess what, there is no news
rule to pick up words in the text. But Microsoft
can do it. And darn well should.

{Yes -- temporarily. Set your Rules to find info @
lenstar.org until they change it. Now, Microsoft
can do that, too. Can't they?}

rs


"Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
: Is there no way to block certain Unwanted
Posters from this group?
: Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be
pornographic postings or
: maybe links to pornographic sites.
:
: Topics like:
:
: My Girls
: Lonely Heart
:
: Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not
the World's Oldest
: Profession.
:
: Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it
is very offensive and
: embarassing having to explain to some why these
are being posted here.
:

OK, In Windows Mail its: Message----->Junk Mail---->Add Senders Domain to
Blocked sender's List.
Time will tell if it works.

Thanks Colin


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
> Mail.
>
> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings or
>> maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>
>> Topics like:
>>
>> My Girls
>> Lonely Heart
>>
>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>> Profession.
>>
>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>
>

So tell MS. None of us can do much about it.

"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:uT$JqE7wGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That's fine but, considering Microsoft's resources, one would think that
> these things would never make it into the groups in the first place. Or,
> if they do, be removed from all groups simultaneously instead of the
> seemingly piecemeal "removed from server" on one group but not the rest.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBF HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
>> Mail.
>>
>> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings
>>> or maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>>
>>> Topics like:
>>>
>>> My Girls
>>> Lonely Heart
>>>
>>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>>> Profession.
>>>
>>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>>
>>
>
>

yw

"Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
news:EF422F1C-3625-4B5E-8D1B-2C8AF82B30FF@microsoft.com...
> OK, In Windows Mail its: Message----->Junk Mail---->Add Senders Domain
> to Blocked sender's List.
> Time will tell if it works.
>
> Thanks Colin
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
>> Mail.
>>
>> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings
>>> or maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>>
>>> Topics like:
>>>
>>> My Girls
>>> Lonely Heart
>>>
>>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>>> Profession.
>>>
>>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>>
>>
>

I agree those posts shouldn't be here--but MSFT is more interested in
censoring constructive criticism or in the case of a very notable instance
this week, pulling down posts and censoring their own bloggers. Also have
you noticed what is marketed to the pre-teen segment of the market on MSN
Music. The lyrics are considerably "more pornographic from the rap and
hip-hop being proferred by Microsoft and MSN.

I'll illustrate this:

Windows Live Drive Info Pulled by MSFT
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/1...om-team-member/

"Stuart Padley is a Microsoft developer who keeps a personal blog here. He
doesn't post very often (his last post was October 2005), but on Sunday he
wrote a post called "Working on Live Drive?" and says that he was hand
picked by Ray Ozzie (or Ray Ozzie's technical assistant, it isn't clear) to
join "a small team of renegade hardcore architect/developer/test types" and
work on Windows Live Drive. The post was quickly deleted, but was noticed.

The original post was at this URL, which is now a dead link. The original
text was cached, of course, and can be viewed at Bloglines here. A screen
shot of the full text is also below.

In addition to talking about joining the team, Stuart also points to
discussions about Live Drive on Wikipedia and Fortune, saying "I don't think
either of these descriptions are correct" but that both contain "elements of
truth". There isn't much more information, although he seems to stress that
this is a hand picked commando team (my words), which suggests that
Microsoft is taking this product seriously. Stuart also say that he'll be
focusing on answering questions about Live Drive on this blog. I'm pretty
sure that won't be happening.

The most interesting aspect of this story is that someone yelled and got the
post pulled down. Microsoft should know there is no better way to get
someone's attention in the blogosphere than pulling down a post. Robert
Scoble calls this "breaking into jail" and I agree. If you are going to give
your developers blogs, let them post. Nothing Stuart wrote was particularly
confidential - we all know this is coming.

I have an email in to Microsoft PR for a comment. No word yet. For
additional backup material, here is our post on Google Drive, and this is
our (now somewhat dated) overview of the online storage space."


Don't Pull Down Posts
http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/200...ull-down-posts/

http://www.techmeme.com/060817/p8#a060817p8

Actually Gary I could write a Ph.D. thesis comparing MSFT's corporate
posture in a panoply of ways to the World's Oldest Profession. When Ralph
Reed was hired for $27,000 per month who among other things helped Tom Delay
and Jack Abramoff broker sweat shops and slave trade in the Mariana's Island
how else would you have characterized it. Ballmer only fired him when it
hit the Seattle newspapers.

I'd be glad to help you with the red light dynamics here.

Congress--Hookers
Lobbyists for MSFT --Pimps
MSFT --Johns


The pimps are often on K Street which including MSFT PR Flaks at Wagner
Edstrom and McCann Ericson World Wide Pimps although in an unrelated event
Steve Ballmer Protoge was fired for putting up signs on the August Redmond
Campus that said "Pimp Your Office (MSFT sells "It's Hard to be Pimp" that
Grammy Award winning song via MSN music downloads).

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Microsoft defends ties to Ralph Reed
Critics want conservative consultant fired

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busin...msftreed27.html

Monday, April 25, 2005

Microsoft retreating in fear of red state retribution "Shall We Call it
Micro-too Soft?"

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamie...7_robert25.html

A Bug in Windows GOP
Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but
the company's ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the
Republican lobbying scandal are deep-in D.C. and Seattle.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0...s_microsoft.php


CH


"Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings or
> maybe links to pornographic sites.
>
> Topics like:
>
> My Girls
> Lonely Heart
>
> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
> Profession.
>
> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.

Peter--

It' be more productive to email directly people who are paid real money to
work with MSFT communities--we don't supervise them. If some of us did,
they'd do something a lot closer to real work. Those of us here look for
questions to answer and answers to questions. The only person lately I've
seen post in here and helpfully in other forums on the web from MFST is
Darrell Gorter who works with the MSFT setup team when he has a minute and
feels he can be helpful.

CH

__________________________________
"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:uT$JqE7wGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That's fine but, considering Microsoft's resources, one would think that
> these things would never make it into the groups in the first place. Or,
> if they do, be removed from all groups simultaneously instead of the
> seemingly piecemeal "removed from server" on one group but not the rest.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBF HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in Windows
>> Mail.
>>
>> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings
>>> or maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>>
>>> Topics like:
>>>
>>> My Girls
>>> Lonely Heart
>>>
>>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>>> Profession.
>>>
>>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>>
>>
>
>

However MVP's always use these NG too. They should be aware of the issue at
the very least.
Getting them to do something is another animal all together.

"Chad Harris" <HQ@MSFTtindenialovervistamess.com> wrote in message
news:%23zUndu$wGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Peter--
>
> It' be more productive to email directly people who are paid real money to
> work with MSFT communities--we don't supervise them. If some of us did,
> they'd do something a lot closer to real work. Those of us here look for
> questions to answer and answers to questions. The only person lately I've
> seen post in here and helpfully in other forums on the web from MFST is
> Darrell Gorter who works with the MSFT setup team when he has a minute and
> feels he can be helpful.
>
> CH
>
> __________________________________
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:uT$JqE7wGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> That's fine but, considering Microsoft's resources, one would think that
>> these things would never make it into the groups in the first place. Or,
>> if they do, be removed from all groups simultaneously instead of the
>> seemingly piecemeal "removed from server" on one group but not the rest.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>> P4 D865GBF HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:e0puA66wGHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> In OE I use Message>Block Sender. Look for a similar function in
>>> Windows Mail.
>>>
>>> "Gary Ritter" <kc5md@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4770A680-EDD4-482F-A04F-0A2F43A0C282@microsoft.com...
>>>> Is there no way to block certain Unwanted Posters from this group?
>>>> Do we need to be subjected to what appears to be pornographic postings
>>>> or maybe links to pornographic sites.
>>>>
>>>> Topics like:
>>>>
>>>> My Girls
>>>> Lonely Heart
>>>>
>>>> Come on, these are professional Newsgroups, not the World's Oldest
>>>> Profession.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft, Please take care of this ASAP, as it is very offensive and
>>>> embarassing having to explain to some why these are being posted here.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>