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"Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.org.uk> writes:

> Sorry your post was the straw to break the camel's back this week, but
> it is a complete pain to the rest of us. I have more than once
> considered getting my reader to automatically discard anything with
> "@googlegroups.com" in the message ID just to reduce the aggravation.

I passed that threshold long ago. Posts that come to my Usenet client
via Google Groups are automatically marked for deletion.

I strongly recommend everyone do the same; and also to lobby for (and
support) alternative Usenet interfaces which don't mangle the messages.

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 \     “You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown |
  `\    who makes people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has |
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Ben Finney