Alan Holmes wrote:

In all sorts of newsgroups, having deleted uk.rec.gardening, and without
snipping any of the rubbish

Why the bloody hell don't you restrict the posting to the group you read it
in, stop crossposting all this rubbish

1. If you are asking a question it is only reasonable for you to
include the group in which you read the original and from which you are
presumably responding. If you don't include that group you will never
see the reply.

2. It is also reasonable, and normal usenet etiquette, to snip from the
original post all except that portion which enables subsequent readers
to understand the response made.

3. Pearl, to whom you were responding, is one of the spammers who
deliberately targets many irrelevant groups with "this rubbish".

HTH

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