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a425couple
May 13, 2023, 12:14:40 PM5/13/23
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On 5/12/23 19:15, geoff wrote:
> On 13/05/2023 5:12 am, Alan wrote:
>> On 2023-05-12 10:03, a425couple wrote:
>>> On 5/12/23 04:20, JP wrote:
>>>> . . . this ridiculous ocean of spam?
>>>
>>> Yes. I appear to have the same problem.
>>> Thousands of posts. They are pictures of videos
>>> sent in yEnc.
>>> Every couple of days I block the sender, and reload.
>>> That 'reduces' them. But then the sender changes his name.
>>> I just hope I'm not losing too many real posts.
>>
>> You could try changing newsgroup providers.
>> I'm using Eternal September, and I haven't seen a single one of the
>> posts you're talking about.
>
> Same with Giganews - sems to be filtered.
> geoff
Thank you both, for your good advice.
> On 13/05/2023 5:12 am, Alan wrote:
>> On 2023-05-12 10:03, a425couple wrote:
>>> On 5/12/23 04:20, JP wrote:
>>>> . . . this ridiculous ocean of spam?
>>>
>>> Yes. I appear to have the same problem.
>>> Thousands of posts. They are pictures of videos
>>> sent in yEnc.
>>> Every couple of days I block the sender, and reload.
>>> That 'reduces' them. But then the sender changes his name.
>>> I just hope I'm not losing too many real posts.
>>
>> You could try changing newsgroup providers.
>> I'm using Eternal September, and I haven't seen a single one of the
>> posts you're talking about.
>
> Same with Giganews - sems to be filtered.
> geoff
Thank you both, for your good advice.
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