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Posted by willshak on April 22, 2008, 11:32 am
on 4/22/2008 9:09 AM Art Todesco said the following:
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>
> Bob wrote:
>>> 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: - 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. All 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. After this was firmly established, we could drop the
>>> educational sentence.
>>>
>>> Any comment?
>>>
>>> Bob-tx
>>>
>> 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. The only problem is that the spammers
> might adapt is also. But, I don't think that they'd bother to
> actually read the
> group and figure out what is happening. BTW, I implemented the rules
> in Thunderbird that were posted last week. They do help ... but some
> spam still slips through. So, I've added more rules to catch them.
> In 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.
My Thunderbird filters set under Tools - Message Filters - Filter Name,
sneakers, etc. - Match any of the following:
condition="OR (subject,contains,paypal accept)
OR (subject,contains,handbag)
OR (subject,contains,shoes)
OR (subject,contains,wallet)
OR (from,contains,163.com)
OR (subject,contains,sneakers)
OR (subject,contains,mens watch)
OR (subject,contains,womens watch)
OR (subject,contains,ladies watch)
OR (subject,contains,paypal accept)
OR (from,contains,replica)
OR (subject,contains,sexy)
OR (from,contains,.cn) (China country code = .cn)
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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