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Posted by DerbyDad03 on April 22, 2008, 12:13 pm
> > This idea will not eliminate spam, but I believe it would
> > eliminate much of the frustration associated with it.
>
> > For those of us who make legitimate posts, we would start the
> > subject / topic with a dash followed by a space, like this: =A0 - my
> > topic. (As seen in the subject of this post).
>
> > Then the legitimate posts will be shown first on the list of
> > topics, assuming topics are sorted on the subjects. =A0All the spam
> > would follow, and we would not have to look through posts that do
> > not begin with the dash blank.
>
> > It might take a few weeks for the procedure to become known, but
> > if we all used it, our frustration with spam would surely
> > decrease.
>
> > Further, I suggest a sentence at the start of each post, similar
> > to, "Legitimate posts to this NG should begin the topic with a
> > dash followed with a space."
>
> > If we begin to use this, it should soon be understood by
> > legitimate on topic posters and we could skip all the posts that
> > don't start this way. =A0 After this was firmly established, we
> > could drop the educational sentence.
>
> > Any comment?
>
> [then Bob caught a ration of crap from people]
>
> > > Well, in spite of the negative comments telling me I am dumb and
> > > need to learn how to use filters, I still think it is a good idea.
>
> > > Won't bother you highly educated snobs again.
>
> > > Bob-tx
>
>
> > Actually, Bob, I like your idea. =A0The
> > only problem is that the spammers
> > might adapt is also. =A0But, I don't think
> > that they'd bother to actually read the
> > group and figure out what is happening.
> > =A0 =A0BTW, I implemented the rules
> > in Thunderbird that were posted last
> > week. =A0They do help ... but some
> > spam still slips through. =A0So, I've
> > added more rules to catch them. =A0In trying
> > to filter out all the spam, I find
> > myself more interested in the quest to
> > totally eliminate the spam than to read
> > the content of the group .... and
> > that ain't good.
>
> Sadly, there is no "good" solution to the spam problem. As Art said,
> Bob, the spammers would just eventually learn your workaround and
> incorporate it into their spam. Filters help but aren't a final fix
> because there will always be some new wrinkle the spammers will use
> and you'll have to develop a new filter. Even killing every post from
> a specific domain such as Google Groups won't do the trick, because
> (1) the spammers will move onto some other equally open posting
> opportunity and (2) you're killing legitimate posts from there as
> well.
>
> I know, I know, I'm preaching to an empty church, as I'm posting from
> Google Groups. I like their UI much better than any newsgroup reader
> I've seen, so if someone decides to kill any insights I offer in this
> group that's there loss then, isn't it?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
And then there are those that have to use Google Groups because the
corporate image on their work-place machine will not allow for the
installation of newsreader applications.
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