Re: bart again (UCX64)

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: bart again (UCX64)
Date	2023-09-07 21:55 -0700
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> On 9/7/23 22:09, candy wrote:
>> On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 16:00:02 +0200, David Brown wrote:
> ...
>>> Then I strongly recommend you get a newsreader - it makes Usenet much
>>> nicer.  If you don't have any preference or thoughts, then Thunderbird
>>> is a reasonable starting point that many people use, and which works
>>> fine on Windows, Linux, and other *nix.  There are of course many other
>>> newsreaders available.  Make a free account at
>>> news.eternal-september.org.  Again, there are other Usenet servers, but
>>> that one is free and popular.
>>>
>>> All this will make your posts fit far better with other posts and
>>> threads, and make it a lot easier for others to see where your posts fit
>>> in.  That in turn makes the whole experience better for you.
>> 
>> Ok I installed pan. How do I block all the spam??
>
> With difficulty. :-(
> Spam on this newsgroup is at an all-time high, and oddly enough, the
> vast majority of it seems to involve apparently illegal commerce, which
> I would expect to draw the attention of law enforcement. It is getting
> through both eternal-september's filters, and Google's. I've created a
> Mozilla Thunderbird filter that catches about two dozen different common
> phrases, which seems to catch most of them. I'm resisting adding
> "chocolate bar" to the list - I might very well want to read a message
> about chocolate bars.
> I'm afraid that unless somebody figures out a way to put the people who
> are doing this in jail, this might be the beginning of the end for
> comp.lang.c, and if it spreads to other newsgroups, the end for usenet
> newsgroups.

I mostly filter out posts by certain users.  Most of the recent spam has
been from a relatively small number of posters.

It can be annoying when new ones show up, but so far it's manageable.

(I currently have 300+ entries in my Gnus score file for this newgroup,
but it's been growing for a long time.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Re: bart again (UCX64) candycane@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet (candycane) - 2023-09-06 19:53 +1300
  Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-06 18:52 -0700
    Re: bart again (UCX64) Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2023-09-07 03:27 +0100
    Re: bart again (UCX64) candycane@f172.n1.z21.fsxnet (candycane) - 2023-09-07 08:08 +1300
      Re: bart again (UCX64) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-09-07 16:00 +0200
        Re: bart again (UCX64) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-09-07 15:08 +0100
        Re: bart again (UCX64) candy <no@thanks.com> - 2023-09-08 02:09 +0000
          Re: bart again (UCX64) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-09-08 00:12 -0400
            Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-07 21:55 -0700
              Re: bart again (UCX64) candy <no@thanks.com> - 2023-09-08 05:33 +0000
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-07 23:04 -0700
                Re: bart again (UCX64) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-09-08 09:46 +0200
              Re: bart again (UCX64) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-09-08 07:17 +0000
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 02:42 -0700
                Re: bart again (UCX64) candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-08 06:55 -0500
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 11:40 -0700
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 20:17 +0100
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 12:38 -0700
                Re: bart again (UCX64) Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:11 +0100
                Re: bart again (UCX64) candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-08 18:16 -0500
                Re: bart again (UCX64) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-09-09 01:17 -0400
                Re: bart again (UCX64) candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 15:52 -0500
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              Re: bart again (UCX64) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-09-09 01:17 -0400
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                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-09-09 09:57 +0100
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 15:54 -0500
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-09-09 22:08 +0100
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 16:18 -0500
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-09-09 22:57 +0100
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 17:14 -0500
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-09-09 23:36 +0100
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 17:38 -0500
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-09-09 21:28 +0000
                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-09-09 16:29 -0500
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                Re: How to change the Subject of a Usenet article snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-09-09 16:26 +0100
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