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  • is it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?

    From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 24 07:44:10 2023
    I it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?

    It sometimes seems there is more spam selling counterfeit / contraband
    than actual messages.

    This concerns me, as Google has a policy of shutting down access to
    what _it_ considers spam infested groups. (Me think they feel they
    should have the monopoly on spamming your browser, web site, etc.)
    --
    APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
    -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Number 5

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  • From Rimu Atkinson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 27 16:58:34 2023
    I it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?


    You need to configure your client app to filter out every message from
    Google Groups - that's where all the spammers get in. My filter is on
    the Message-ID header - if it contains 'googlegroups' the message is
    deleted before I see it.

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 27 08:30:14 2023
    Rimu Atkinson <[email protected]> on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
    16:58:34 +1300 typed in comp.lang.python the following:
    I it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?


    You need to configure your client app to filter out every message from
    Google Groups - that's where all the spammers get in. My filter is on
    the Message-ID header - if it contains 'googlegroups' the message is
    deleted before I see it.

    Dang. I'll have to see if Agent is capable of doing that.

    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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  • From Gilmeh Serda@21:1/5 to pyotr filipivich on Mon Oct 30 15:55:02 2023
    On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:30:14 -0700, pyotr filipivich wrote:

    Rimu Atkinson <[email protected]> on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
    16:58:34 +1300 typed in comp.lang.python the following:
    I it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?


    You need to configure your client app to filter out every message from >>Google Groups - that's where all the spammers get in. My filter is on
    the Message-ID header - if it contains 'googlegroups' the message is >>deleted before I see it.

    Dang. I'll have to see if Agent is capable of doing that.

    It ought to be able to do that. I use Pan and, allegedly, its origin was
    Agent.

    [comp.lang.python]
    % Delete on sight:
    % any google grouper
    % any response to ditto, they're usually similar-minded buffoons
    % CP-ing to four groups or more
    Score: -9999
    Message-ID: googlegroups
    References: googlegroups
    Newsgroups: (.*,){4,}

    YMMV

    --
    Gilmeh

    When the sun shineth, make hay. -- John Heywood

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 2 07:53:57 2023
    Gilmeh Serda <[email protected]d> on Mon, 30 Oct 2023
    15:55:02 GMT typed in comp.lang.python the following:
    On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:30:14 -0700, pyotr filipivich wrote:

    Rimu Atkinson <[email protected]> on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
    16:58:34 +1300 typed in comp.lang.python the following:
    I it just me, or are there a lot more criminal spammers?


    You need to configure your client app to filter out every message from >>>Google Groups - that's where all the spammers get in. My filter is on
    the Message-ID header - if it contains 'googlegroups' the message is >>>deleted before I see it.

    Dang. I'll have to see if Agent is capable of doing that.

    It ought to be able to do that. I use Pan and, allegedly, its origin was >Agent.

    [comp.lang.python]
    % Delete on sight:
    % any google grouper
    % any response to ditto, they're usually similar-minded buffoons
    % CP-ing to four groups or more
    Score: -9999
    Message-ID: googlegroups
    References: googlegroups
    Newsgroups: (.*,){4,}

    YMMV

    I used to use nn. Nice thing about that was expired filters just
    had the first char replaced with a * - that way you could check and
    see if you wanted to "renew it" or not.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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  • From Gilmeh Serda@21:1/5 to pyotr filipivich on Mon Nov 6 20:58:24 2023
    On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:53:57 -0700, pyotr filipivich wrote:

    I used to use nn. Nice thing about that was expired filters just
    had the first char replaced with a * - that way you could check and see
    if you wanted to "renew it" or not.

    Not quite sure I understand. If the first character was replaced, would
    you know what it used to be? Or did you mean that an asterisk was added in front of the first character? I think that would make more sense.

    What you said:

    filter > *ilter

    Perhaps you meant:

    filter > *filter

    Pan has a similar thing, sort of, you can set a date for how long a filter should be active. It's been years since I used something other than Pan,
    so I don't remember if this is a thing with all readers, or it's just Pan
    (and derivatives).

    Not that important, really. :)

    --
    Gilmeh

    Look! Before our very eyes, the future is becoming the past.

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 7 07:39:53 2023
    Gilmeh Serda <[email protected]d> on Mon, 06 Nov 2023
    20:58:24 GMT typed in comp.lang.python the following:
    On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:53:57 -0700, pyotr filipivich wrote:
    I used to use nn. Nice thing about that was expired filters just
    had the first char replaced with a * - that way you could check and see
    if you wanted to "renew it" or not.

    Not quite sure I understand. If the first character was replaced, would
    you know what it used to be? Or did you mean that an asterisk was added in >front of the first character? I think that would make more sense.

    What you said:

    filter > *ilter

    the nn filter had a date then the filter so it was along the lines
    of
    "231115 kill subject:spam title"
    An expired filter would be in the file as
    "*31115 kill subject:spam title"

    You could either delete the line, or increment the date. It has been
    a long time since I had that Unix shell account.


    Perhaps you meant:

    filter > *filter

    Pan has a similar thing, sort of, you can set a date for how long a filter >should be active. It's been years since I used something other than Pan,
    so I don't remember if this is a thing with all readers, or it's just Pan >(and derivatives).

    Not that important, really. :)

    Yes and no.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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