It looks like rec.aviation.ifr is downing in a sea of "MI5
Persecution". Is there nothing that can be done to stem this tide? In
the old days I would just killfile the person or a regexp against the
title, but this is actually hard. Besides, I'm using Google to access
usenet now.

I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
since '93.

-- dave j

Dave J wrote:
> It looks like rec.aviation.ifr is downing in a sea of "MI5
> Persecution". Is there nothing that can be done to stem this tide? In
> the old days I would just killfile the person or a regexp against the
> title, but this is actually hard. Besides, I'm using Google to access
> usenet now.
>
> I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
> since '93.
>
> -- dave j
It's happening on some other unmoderated groups, too.

That is why newgroups like this one are dying.

Copy and paste the spammer's message with full header into a complaint to
the spammer's ISP. Send it to .

At next month's meeting of The Conspiracy I'll suggest that we replace the
traking device we implanted in one of his teeth with bird flu and
hemmorhoids.

Scott

Dave J > writes:
>
> It looks like rec.aviation.ifr is downing in a sea of "MI5
> Persecution". Is there nothing that can be done to stem this tide? In
> the old days I would just killfile the person or a regexp against the
> title, but this is actually hard. Besides, I'm using Google to access
> usenet now.
>
> I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
> since '93.

The MI5 nonsense is a minor nuisance compared to the flooding
of other newsgroups with totally artificially-generated
positings of gibberish. A week or more ago, one of the NGs
to which I subscribe was hit with 700+ garbage postings in
one day.

"Dave J" > wrote in message
...
>
> It looks like rec.aviation.ifr is downing in a sea of "MI5
> Persecution". Is there nothing that can be done to stem this tide? In
> the old days I would just killfile the person or a regexp against the
> title, but this is actually hard. Besides, I'm using Google to access
> usenet now.
>
> I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
> since '93.

I use Giganews which does a pretty good job of filtering the biggest
problems. I also use Outlook Express and simply highlight the MI5 stuff and
hit delete. Takes all of 3 seconds.

Marco

Everett M. Greene wrote:
> Dave J > writes:
>>
>> It looks like rec.aviation.ifr is downing in a sea of "MI5
>> Persecution". Is there nothing that can be done to stem this tide? In
>> the old days I would just killfile the person or a regexp against the
>> title, but this is actually hard. Besides, I'm using Google to access
>> usenet now.
>>
>> I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
>> since '93.
>
> The MI5 nonsense is a minor nuisance compared to the flooding
> of other newsgroups with totally artificially-generated
> positings of gibberish. A week or more ago, one of the NGs
> to which I subscribe was hit with 700+ garbage postings in
> one day.


You need to use NewsProxy as a free add-on to your newsreader. It will allow
you to filter on crossposts, among other things. While I've seen numerous
complaints about MI5 this week in several newsgroups, I've yet to see any of his
postings.

Do a google search on NewsProxy, also known as nfilter. The author no longer
supports it but it still works. I'm using it with Outlook Express.


--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Dave J wrote:

> I've just never seen it as bad as this, and I've been using usenet
> since '93.

Hm. I'ld recommend to switch providers, I had to actually Google to find out
what these people complaining about MI5 postings are talking about. Thank
you for filtering, T-Online.