We've reached the tipping point

[Guest]

Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.

 

[beenthere]

Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.

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.

 

[kazee]

Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.

Including this one.

Imbecile.

 

[Ben]

Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.

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...

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Including this one.

Imbecile.

A quiet good answer. /me ducks



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[kazee]

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

huh?

 

[Daze N. Knights]

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...

Which isn't a feature in T-Bird or OE. Shoot.

 

[HVS]

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.

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.

 

[John Jay Smith]

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.

 

[Al Klein]

Which isn't a feature in T-Bird or OE. Shoot.

It usually isn't a feature with any programs other than NNTP clients.

 

[mike]

Good practice; I've had XNews set to kill more than 3 for, oh,
years.

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

 

[HVS]

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

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".)

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

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".)

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.

 

[Mike Dee]

Including this one.

If that's so, then neither is yours.

Imbecile.

Pot kettle black.

 

[Michael Laplante]

Today, less than half the posts have anything to do with freeware.

Bet y'all wish Tramp was here now, don't ya?



M

 

[Craig]

Bet y'all wish Tramp was here now, don't ya?

VBG!

-Craig

 

[Lou]

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...

Google turned up this: http://cws.internet.com/file/11436.htm

Can that cross-post filter be applied to individual newsgroups?

Lou

 

[Ben]

Google turned up this: http://cws.internet.com/file/11436.htm
Can that cross-post filter be applied to individual newsgroups?

The current version can be found at http://mpgravity.sourceforge.net/ -
I mentioned it in the "Need A Better Newsreader" thread, and yes, any
rules or filters that your create can be applied to the all newsgroups
or any specific group(s) you choose

HTH

Ben

 

[mike]

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.

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

 

[HVS]

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.

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.)