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Morgans[_2_]
May 22nd 09, 11:00 PM
Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.

Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
it?

I have to admit that it is starting to **** me off! :-)
--
Jim in NC

May 22nd 09, 11:30 PM
Morgans > wrote:
> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
> starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.
>
> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
> it?
>
> I have to admit that it is starting to **** me off! :-)

I just block anything from news.usenetmonster.com, which is where it
is coming from, until they get it stopped, which they are supposedly
working on.

http://www.usenetmonster.com


--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.

vaughn
May 22nd 09, 11:53 PM
"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
> starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.
>
> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
> it?

Its kind of a brutal blunt instrument, but notice that in the "name"
position is not a name, but an e.mail address that always ends in dot com.
In Outlook Express, filtering out ".com" takes out a few legitimate posters,
but all of the spam.

Vaughn

Bob Noel[_2_]
May 23rd 09, 12:29 AM
Morgans wrote:
> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
> starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.
>
> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
> it?
>
> I have to admit that it is starting to **** me off! :-)

hmmm, I'm not seeing it. I guess Marton Hotze's server
already filters such obvious junk.

Morgans[_2_]
May 23rd 09, 03:36 AM
"Bob Noel" > wrote in message
...
> Morgans wrote:
>> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
>> starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.
>>
>> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
>> it?
>>
>> I have to admit that it is starting to **** me off! :-)
>
> hmmm, I'm not seeing it. I guess Marton Hotze's server
> already filters such obvious junk.

How about a ping from Martin, I may have to start using his server, but I
lost the contact information in a recent crash.

Check the return address, and throw out the junk.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans[_2_]
May 23rd 09, 03:37 AM
"vaughn" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Morgans" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always has his name
>> starting with A but everything else the same has taken over the group.
>>
>> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no time is wasted on
>> it?
>
> Its kind of a brutal blunt instrument, but notice that in the "name"
> position is not a name, but an e.mail address that always ends in dot com.
> In Outlook Express, filtering out ".com" takes out a few legitimate
> posters, but all of the spam.

Thanks; I didn't think of that. That should do it!
--
Jim in NC

Bob Fry
May 23rd 09, 07:48 AM
>>>>> "Morgans" == Morgans > writes:

Morgans> Seems like this idiot posting things for sale that always
Morgans> has his name starting with A but everything else the same
Morgans> has taken over the group.

Morgans> Anyone got a strategy for filtering his crap out, so no
Morgans> time is wasted on it?

Yes. I use gnus, and killed it with a regexp on the author in a few
seconds.

Have no idea how to kill it with a windoze reader.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

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