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    From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to All on Fri Apr 8 09:45:19 2011
    I haven't really participated in newsgroups much over the years, mostly
    because of all the spam. But, there are a few I've been interested in
    feeding to the board and reading, one of which is tx.general. There are some pretty dumb and annoying posts getting crossposted between that one, and ok.general.

    I was wondering, for those of you who have been more active in usenet, if
    many users still crosspost between groups. I've been contemplating limiting imported groups to NO crossposting in an effort to get rid of the junk.

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  • From Cykros@VERT to Dreamer on Fri Apr 8 19:46:36 2011
    Re: Newsgroups and Crossposting
    By: Dreamer to All on Fri Apr 08 2011 09:45 am

    I was wondering, for those of you who have been more active in usenet, if many users still crosspost between groups. I've been contemplating
    limiting imported groups to NO crossposting in an effort to get rid of the junk.

    Well, I do see a lot of cross posting in the two groups I follow (alt.philosophy and alt.survival), but for the most part, that's where the crap comes from, that either brings things into the realm of religious or political sh*t-flinging. But, it's not actual spam, nor is it entirely out of left field, and people seem to still respond quite a bit to it, so I'd probably advise first dealing with things as is until you figure out the dynamics of the particular groups you're following and determining how you want to set your filter rules from there.

    cykros

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/SETXBBS to Cykros on Sat Apr 9 12:44:00 2011
    Cykros wrote to Dreamer <=-

    Well, I do see a lot of cross posting in the two groups I follow (alt.philosophy and alt.survival), but for the most part, that's where
    the crap comes from, that either brings things into the realm of
    religious or political sh*t-flinging. But, it's not actual spam, nor
    is it entirely out of left field, and people seem to still respond
    quite a bit to it, so I'd probably advise first dealing with things as
    is until you figure out the dynamics of the particular groups you're following and determining how you want to set your filter rules from there.

    Cool, appreciate the advice. Those two groups I mentioned aren't seeing
    much traffic. There do seem to be a few people subscribed, but mostly
    they're pretty quiet... Feel free to peek in and see the crap posted, it's pretty crazy...lol


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