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Goodbye with mixed feelings
Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:19:25 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. No kill files available on most online forums I've seem. Is that English... do you mean no kill files 'are' available? Usenet does not supply killfiles, killfiles are available on newsreaders, typically the free news readers do not have killfile ability. However there's really no need to use a killfile at rec.gardens, spam is very rare, and posts are rather sparse, often days pass with no posts... and it's pretty easy to not read posts from those posters you'd rather not read, just delete those posts unread. Pretty clear english except for one typo. Show me a couple online forums that offer kill files if you disagree. Obviously, I don't mean online repetitions of usenet forums, but even there kill files are not an option I've seen. \ |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
"Bob F" writes:
Brooklyn1 wrote: On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:19:25 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. No kill files available on most online forums I've seem. Is that English... do you mean no kill files 'are' available? Usenet does not supply killfiles, killfiles are available on newsreaders, typically the free news readers do not have killfile ability. However there's really no need to use a killfile at rec.gardens, spam is very rare, and posts are rather sparse, often days pass with no posts... and it's pretty easy to not read posts from those posters you'd rather not read, just delete those posts unread. Pretty clear english except for one typo. Show me a couple online forums that offer kill files if you disagree. Obviously, I don't mean online repetitions of usenet forums, but even there kill files are not an option I've seen. Investorvillage offers the equivalent of kill files. -- Dan Espen |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
"Bob F" wrote:
Brooklyn1 wrote: "Bob F" wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. No kill files available on most online forums I've seem. do you mean no kill files 'are' available? Usenet does not supply killfiles, killfiles are available on newsreaders, typically the free newsreaders do not have killfile ability. However there's really no need to use a killfile at rec.gardens, spam is very rare, and posts are rather sparse, often days pass with no posts... and it's pretty easy to not read posts from those posters you'd rather not read, just delete those posts unread. Show me a couple online forums that offer kill files if you disagree. Obviously, I don't mean online repetitions of usenet forums, but even there kill files are not an option I've seen. I already said that newsreaders offer killfiles, the ones you pay for... the freebies generally do not. I read Usenet with Forte Agent: http://forteinc.com/agent/ A one time copy costs $29, then $2.95 a month for support: http://www.forteinc.com/apn/contact.php It's well worth the 10¢ a day for a newreader that's hassle free. It's trouble free and has excellent killfile capability, actually has many features I don't use, there's not enough time in a day to use even half their features... you'd need to pick, choose, and refuse. There are many others if you search newsreaders: http://www.newsreaders.info/recommended-newsreaders.htm |
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... |
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On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:13:57 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote: In article , says... On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... If you've ever bought anything off of Amazon then they already have that information. Does IMDB have account details from Amazon? That sounds rather unethical... |
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On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:14:22 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:13:57 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... If you've ever bought anything off of Amazon then they already have that information. Does IMDB have account details from Amazon? That sounds rather unethical... Yes, Amazon owns IMDB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database I would not expect them to share personal account details between the two though. |
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