In article , Janet Baraclough
writes

The message
from Dave Poole contains these words:

Most of us can see it coming and therefore stop the crap arriving

No problems here. It gives all legitimate users an incentive to get a
proper newsreader and/or learn how to use it, which is a good thing for
this newsgroup.

Just out of curiosity, Janet. Or anyone else, for that matter. What
criteria do you use to dump these?

They're not X-posted, have random subject headers, don't have a common
author and I'm slightly reluctant to kill based on the number of lines
(many are as low as 75, and some even down to 50 - which would mean
losing regular posts).

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Flower Bobdew
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