We've reached the tipping point

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Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.
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The solution is fairly simple.
If Nobody responds to the Rubbish, they`ll get fed up,
and go away.
Only respond to `on topic` posts.
Totally ignore the rest.
 
Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.
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A few days ago, I installed the Gravity newsreader and set it to discard
all threads crossposted to more than 3 groups. Today, 100% of the posts
in a.c.f have anything to do with freeware :)

Just a thought...
 
A few days ago, I installed the Gravity newsreader and set it to discard
all threads crossposted to more than 3 groups. Today, 100% of the posts
in a.c.f have anything to do with freeware :)
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huh?
 
Ben said:
A few days ago, I installed the Gravity newsreader and set it to discard
all threads crossposted to more than 3 groups. Today, 100% of the posts
in a.c.f have anything to do with freeware :)

Just a thought...
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Which isn't a feature in T-Bird or OE. Shoot.
 
On 16 Jun 2006, Ben wrote
A few days ago, I installed the Gravity newsreader and set it
to discard all threads crossposted to more than 3 groups.
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Good practice; I've had XNews set to kill more than 3 for, oh,
years.

FWIW, whenever I've temporarily changed it -- out of curiousity to
see what the cross-posters are up to these days -- I've discovered
that I've not missed anything. Not even once. Clearly, more than
3 groups and it's *always* ignorable crap.
 
I hope he doesnt include my free live service post as a non freeware post.

It may not be a program but its a web application since sites are getting
more and more complex
sites are going to be more like programs... and its free, so I think my post
was legit.
 
Good practice; I've had XNews set to kill more than 3 for, oh,
years.
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Can you tell me how to do that, Harvey.

I had a similar rule in my spam trap, and it worked a treat against multi
addressed stuff

mike
 
On 16 Jun 2006, mike wrote
Can you tell me how to do that, Harvey.

I had a similar rule in my spam trap, and it worked a treat
against multi addressed stuff
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I only know how to do it in X
Go to "Special>Setup XNews>Misc"; first drop-down menu on the
left-hand, side under "Newsgroup Options" specifies the cross-
post limit.

(What I've never figured out is if "more than 3" means "3 or
more", or "4 or more"....I've always meant to check it, but I
think it means "3 or more".)
 
I only know how to do it in X
Go to "Special>Setup XNews>Misc"; first drop-down menu on the
left-hand, side under "Newsgroup Options" specifies the cross-
post limit.

(What I've never figured out is if "more than 3" means "3 or
more", or "4 or more"....I've always meant to check it, but I
think it means "3 or more".)
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It means strictly more than three, so four or more. Another thing to
keep in mind is Luu's comment:

Note that the group you are currently reading IS counted, i.e.,
it's NOT "kill articles xposted to > n OTHER groups".

And another thing is that it uses the Xref header to do the counting;
this means that if an article is posted to a group your server doesn't
carry, that group will not be counted.
 
I only know how to do it in X
Go to "Special>Setup XNews>Misc"; first drop-down menu on the
left-hand, side under "Newsgroup Options" specifies the cross-
post limit.
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Thanks very much, Harvey, how come I never noticed that....must need new
specs!

Muche easier than the spam - the spammers sent loads to (e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed), etc.

The rule in poptray, which someone else figgered out for me after I gave up
was

multi-address To contains (.*@btinternet.com,*){2,}

But they haven't found my new address yet!

mike
 
On 17 Jun 2006, »Q« wrote
It means strictly more than three, so four or more. Another
thing to keep in mind is Luu's comment:

Note that the group you are currently reading IS counted,
i.e., it's NOT "kill articles xposted to > n OTHER groups".

And another thing is that it uses the Xref header to do the
counting; this means that if an article is posted to a group
your server doesn't carry, that group will not be counted.
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Thanks for clarifying that for me.

(I find that 3 works pretty well; I tried it at 5 and 2 for a
while, and found that a few too many loonies post to 4 groups at
a time, but that -- very occasionally -- somebody reasonable has
wound up posting to 3 groups. 3 works for me, anyway.)
 
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