OT: Blocking All From @gmail.com ...
Gregory Morrow
@gmail.com posters please consider munging your addresses...
--
Best
Greg
" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking
Cheryl
news:XIGdnb8AyLptuX7V...@earthlink.com...
I'm thinking of doing the same. The filters aren't working with some of the
garbage subject headers.
cybercat
"Cheryl" <jlhs...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4dXEk.4879$cs4...@newsfe01.iad...
This is rich. Asshole Morrow blocking *anyone* while he changes email
addresses to avoid killfiles several times a day.
Jay
Not sure how to do this as I post via http://groups.google.co.nz/
My email address is appended to everyting I post and I see no option
to change the format of the address.
My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
interest on the user's side :(
bon soir
cybercat wrote:
"Authoress cybercat's works are forgotten
Because they were so utterly rotten
So her tastes went to steaks
And three layer cakes
But mostly to penis au gratin..."
;-P
Dave Smith
I filtered out @gmail months ago when there were intolerable levels of
spam coming in, and a number of spammers and other idiots using gmail
addresses. Then there are a few idiots who have long been filtered by
name. Unfortunately, I miss some of the legitimate people using gmail,
but it was worth it to get rid of the spam.
cybercat
"Dave Smith" <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:48e499a5$0$10363$9a6e...@news.newshosting.com...
There's hardly any at all any more.
Default User
Mine are holding up well. I've seen very little spam of late.
Brian
--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)
Default User
> My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
> interest on the user's side :(
There was a recent thread with a number of superior solutions.
Dave Smith
>
> I too had long ago filtered out all gmail users, with a few exceptions.
> Recently, my exception was growing (welcome back Omelet) to the point where
> I thought I'd see what happened if I removed the gmail filter. In the 2 or
> 3 days I have been enjoying conversation without filters on this forum, I
> have seen only one or two spam messages originating from gmail. Should the
> spam return in quantity, I'll go back to filtering; until then, I'll enjoy
> unprotected intercourse ;-o
Okay. I checked my filter log to see what was being filtered and it
turned out to be mostly those people with gmail addresses who got caught
in the sweep. I have disable it and will keep an eye on the spam. The
filters for the especially obnoxious idiots will remain enabled.
sf
wrote:
>Cheryl wrote:
>
>> "Gregory Morrow" <zkl...@zsns.fi> wrote in message
>> news:XIGdnb8AyLptuX7V...@earthlink.com...
>> > Too much spam again...
>> >
>> > @gmail.com posters please consider munging your addresses...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I'm thinking of doing the same. The filters aren't working with some
>> of the garbage subject headers.
>
>Mine are holding up well. I've seen very little spam of late.
>
We had a small influx of spam for maybe 2 days. I didn't even notice
where they came from because they were clustered and very easy to
delete with one keystroke.
--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
Mae West
sf
wrote:
>On Oct 2, 1:36�am, Jay <JazeM...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not sure how to do this as I post viahttp://groups.google.co.nz/
>> My email address is appended to everyting I post and I see no option
>> to change the format of the address.
>> My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
>> interest on the user's side :(
>
>If you post through google groups you can use any email address you
>like, it doesn't have to be a gmail address. So if being filtered out
>bothers you, though I can't imagine why it would, just create another
>email account somewhere like yahoo or hotmail and use it to sign on
>through ggroups. You don't ever have to look at the newly created
>email account unless you find it entertaining to look at spam. -aem
When I signed up the only way you could do it was with a gmail acct.
Is this non-gmail address done?
sf
wrote:
>My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
>interest on the user's side :(
What a ridiculous statement for them to make!
sf
wrote:
>On Oct 2, 6:55�pm, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:37:51 -0700 (PDT), aem <aem_ag...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >If you post through google groups you can use any email address you
>> >like, it doesn't have to be a gmail address. �So if being filtered out
>> >bothers you, though I can't imagine why it would, just create another
>> >email account somewhere like yahoo or hotmail and use it to sign on
>> >through ggroups. �You don't ever have to look at the newly created
>> >email account unless you find it entertaining to look at spam. � -aem
>>
>> When I signed up the only way you could do it was with a gmail acct.
>> Is this non-gmail address done?
>>
>Yes. I post through GG using a yahoo mail address. -aem
I left out a crucial word... *How*. Sorry.
I see now that users can specify a "secondary" email address. Is that
what you did? *How* (LOL) did you designate it as your primary email
address when posting through gmail? Does that apply when posting
through google groups too?
flitterbit
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:36:30 -0700 (PDT), Jay <Jaze...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
>> interest on the user's side :(
>
> What a ridiculous statement for them to make!
>
>
other was the alleged prevalence of kiddie pron.
flitterbit
who use a gmail account for Usenet. I started using gmail because my
ISP dropped Usenet a few years ago and Motzarella requires a valid,
unmunged address for posting; I didn't have any throwaway accounts
available at the time and gmail seemed to be the easiest route to take.
Regarding spam specifically, currently in this group I see a single
piece of spam in my newsreader and it's from someone posting from
something called foodbanter.com.
Nancy Young
> Thanks for reconsidering filtering out those of us legitimate posters
> who use a gmail account for Usenet.
When I blocked gmail, you were certainly one of those I
excepted from the rule.
nancy
Goomba
Are they cutting their prices to compensate for the lesser service?
Blinky the Shark
And actually, the pron angle is just a convenient ruse for dropping
something they don't want to bother with internally or pay to outsource,
while putting a moral face for the gullible masses.
--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html
Dave Smith
LOL Mine ISP didn't reduce their prices when they dropped newsgroups.
sf
She's a real sweetie pie, for sure!
sf
wrote:
>On Oct 2, 8:50 pm, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:25:34 -0700 (PDT), aem <aem_ag...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Oct 2, 6:55 pm, sf wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:37:51 -0700 (PDT), aem <aem_ag...@yahoo.com>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> >If you post through google groups you can use any email address you
>> >> >like, it doesn't have to be a gmail address. So if being filtered out
>> >> >bothers you, though I can't imagine why it would, just create another
>> >> >email account somewhere like yahoo or hotmail and use it to sign on
>> >> >through ggroups. You don't ever have to look at the newly created
>> >> >email account unless you find it entertaining to look at spam. -aem
>>
>> >> When I signed up the only way you could do it was with a gmail acct.
>> >> Is this non-gmail address done?
>>
>> >Yes. I post through GG using a yahoo mail address. -aem
>>
>> I left out a crucial word... *How*. Sorry.
>>
>> I see now that users can specify a "secondary" email address. Is that
>> what you did? *How* (LOL) did you designate it as your primary email
>> address when posting through gmail? Does that apply when posting
>> through google groups too?
>>
>I don't see where your difficulty arises, and I don't remember in
>detail what I did. But I looked at the "Create an account" page again
>this morning and all it asks for is an e-mail address. It doesn't say
>that the address has to be gmail. It does have to be valid so they
>can send you an answer and not have it bounce. -aem
My difficulty is that when I signed up *at the beginning of the
beginning*, a gmail address was implied (I don't remember an opt out).
I'm not going to go through that process again, but a straight answer
may help other legitimate posters who still need a back up.
sf
Just like Comcast.... the bastids.
Sure, they gave me good price for 6 months in compensation, but then
they're back charging me for many, many services I don't use.
sf
<no....@box.invalid> wrote:
>And actually, the pron angle is just a convenient ruse for dropping
>something they don't want to bother with internally or pay to outsource,
>while putting a moral face for the gullible masses.
Believe me, I get it. What I really HATE is being charged for all the
stuff I *don't* use.
blake murphy
my guess is 'fuck no.'
your pal,
blake
flitterbit
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:33:10 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> <rjyn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> flitterbit wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for reconsidering filtering out those of us legitimate posters
>>> who use a gmail account for Usenet.
>> When I blocked gmail, you were certainly one of those I
>> excepted from the rule.
>>
> She's a real sweetie pie, for sure!
>
>
>
flitterbit
flitterbit
> flitterbit wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:36:30 -0700 (PDT), Jay <Jaze...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My ISP stopped providing a Usenet service years ago citing lack of
>>>> interest on the user's side :(
>>> What a ridiculous statement for them to make!
>>>
>>>
>> That was one of the excuses used by my ISP for dropping Usenet; the
>> other was the alleged prevalence of kiddie pron.
>
> And actually, the pron angle is just a convenient ruse for dropping
> something they don't want to bother with internally or pay to outsource,
> while putting a moral face for the gullible masses.
>
>
flitterbit
notice I'd been replied to (sorry as well for the gaucheness of replying
to my own post ;))
Kay Coram
gotten back on it and have been "gob-smacked" by the foul language,
porno offers, incivility and in general about what is going on. How
did RCF end up with hundreds, if not thousands, of Chinese (and other)
people selling counterfeit goods? I'm not particularly an expert
Usenet user, but I'd like to find out more about what "munging an
address" means if it means clearing out some more of these assholes. I
use Agent and have quickly learned how to use its kill filter, but not
how to do much more beyond that on it.
I HAVE been having fun for about 4 years now attempting to wreak
revenge on some of the net shysters. I'm disabled and the Internet is
my window on the world. When I get spam in my e-mail, I make a
complete copy of the item, full headers included, and forward it to
not only the government, but also to that person's ISP provider. I
just LOVE getting all those letters from ISP's politely letting me
know that that particular person's account has been cancelled... I
have also contacted a major US maker of high-quality "stuff" and when
I get an e-mail quoting that someone is advertising their "stuff" I
send the e-mail to them to do with as they wish. Maybe if enough other
people would become more proactive we could all stem the tide a little
more?
I realize of course it's really not too much more than a nasty game of
"Whack-a-Mole," but I still feel better for having done it than not!
If anyone wants to know what the Federal Trade Commission's net
address to report spams and scams, it is: sp...@uce.gov
Pissed by fake Ebay and Paypal scams? Copy the e-mail, including all
headers to: sp...@ebay.com, or to sp...@paypal.com.
If you really want to double-wham someone, report the e-mail (again,
with ALL headers), to the FTC, AND the person's ISP, AND/OR to E-Bay
and Paypal. WHEEEE! It does take me time, but that's something I seem
to have a lot of these days....
ShyBat
Dan Abel
Kay Coram <ka...@erinetNOT.com> wrote:
> A number of years ago I used to post on this board. I have just now
> gotten back on it and have been "gob-smacked" by the foul language,
> porno offers, incivility and in general about what is going on. How
> did RCF end up with hundreds, if not thousands, of Chinese (and other)
> people selling counterfeit goods? I'm not particularly an expert
> Usenet user, but I'd like to find out more about what "munging an
> address" means if it means clearing out some more of these assholes.
You've already done it. Putting that "NONE" in your Email address is
the "munging" part.
Thanks for all your help in cleaning up the spam. It's slow work, and
it takes time for anything to get fixed, but it's work like yours that
gets it going.
--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
da...@sonic.net