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filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
wrote in message ... Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. Dave -- "Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. What they conceal is vital. " |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And to get rid of the rubbish from the Ng just highlight the top troll message and press delete and OK, using two fingers you can delete them all in no time one after the other. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In message , Bob Hobden
writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And to get rid of the rubbish from the Ng just highlight the top troll message and press delete and OK, using two fingers you can delete them all in no time one after the other. :-) You mean all 10 thousand of them, Bob? Even highlighting one then scrolling down to the last one with Caps Lock held down takes ages and can bring your software to a halt. (I tried that a couple of weeks ago and it did). -- June Hughes |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
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filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"June Hughes" wrote after... Bob Hobden writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And to get rid of the rubbish from the Ng just highlight the top troll message and press delete and OK, using two fingers you can delete them all in no time one after the other. :-) You mean all 10 thousand of them, Bob? Even highlighting one then scrolling down to the last one with Caps Lock held down takes ages and can bring your software to a halt. (I tried that a couple of weeks ago and it did). Sorry June, I only had about 50 that got through NIN, no doubt they have deleted them by now anyway. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In message , Bob Hobden
writes "June Hughes" wrote after... Bob Hobden writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And to get rid of the rubbish from the Ng just highlight the top troll message and press delete and OK, using two fingers you can delete them all in no time one after the other. :-) You mean all 10 thousand of them, Bob? Even highlighting one then scrolling down to the last one with Caps Lock held down takes ages and can bring your software to a halt. (I tried that a couple of weeks ago and it did). Sorry June, I only had about 50 that got through NIN, no doubt they have deleted them by now anyway. Oh right. How's it all going gardening -wise apart from that? -- June Hughes |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
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Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I'm using agent but filtering using Hamster, not easy to setup but it works very well. Google for it and then for a howto to set it up. -- Richard Parker If you can read this, you're in range. |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
June Hughes wrote:
In message , Bob Hobden writes "June Hughes" wrote after... Bob Hobden writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. snip Oh right. How's it all going gardening -wise apart from that? I've Mozilla Thunderbird ( inflicted on me by my son) I'm still learning to use it. The filters I've got in place are stopping some of the flooding but they've just morphed so I got the lot this time |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "June Hughes" wrote after... Bob Hobden writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And to get rid of the rubbish from the Ng just highlight the top troll message and press delete and OK, using two fingers you can delete them all in no time one after the other. :-) You mean all 10 thousand of them, Bob? Even highlighting one then scrolling down to the last one with Caps Lock held down takes ages and can bring your software to a halt. (I tried that a couple of weeks ago and it did). Sorry June, I only had about 50 that got through NIN, no doubt they have deleted them by now anyway. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK Hi Bob, Been meaning to say "sorry I missed you" the other day, but have been like others swamped with unwanted junk, 38,000 today, so I resorted to deleting everything. Anyway I hope you enjoyed Cornwall (sorry about the weather!) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? -- Kay |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In message , K
writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? Exactly. My problem is, I can't seem to get the knack of keeping the stuff I want and looking at Google for urg at present is a nightmare. It's OK if you can get rid of the hundred or so that come in at a time but if like me you are out for long periods of time, it is a pain. -- June Hughes |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
what does "urg" mean?
-- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In article , "H Ryder" writes: | | what does "urg" mean? Would you believe uk.rec.gardening? Nah. Too implausible :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"H Ryder" wrote in message ... what does "urg" mean? -- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) See this:- http://www.tmac.clara.net/urgring/urgring1.htm |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , "H Ryder" writes: | | what does "urg" mean? Would you believe uk.rec.gardening? Nah. Too implausible :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. U R Gullible |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Malcolm" wrote in message ... In article , K writes "Dave P" wrote Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? During the last flooding attempt someone posted the details of how to block the address from which they were coming. The next batch which arrived had a slightly changed address. This certainly seems to suggest that the poster has something personal against this particular newsgroup. .... Indeed. Maybe all the more reason to restrict all such discussion to email wherever possible, something normally anathema to "public forum" zealots, including myself. michael adams .... -- Malcolm |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
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wrote: And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? Even this only occasional urgler, who has never, I think, had a row with anyone, has a fair idea of who is responsible. One particular person springs to mind as being unusually small-minded, petty and spiteful. Lazarus |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
I wrote: Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. Thanks to Dave, Kay and Andy, etal for the replies. I ended up with an Agent newsreader filter shown at the bottom. I'm in the U.S., the isp is useless filtering this stuff and I want to stay with Agent as newsreader. Dave I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. Kay And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? Indeed, shortly after I put my filter in place many posted were to 3-4 lines. andy Delete [40,*] This is the filter I put in place: subject: * &[65,*] This obviously has to be set for urg and not globally. Kills everything for this group at 65 lines plus. This took care of thousands of the nonsense posts. And as Kay mentioned, now the pest(s) are posting with 3-4 lines. Doubt there is much that can be done about these with Agent without killing the useful posts. If anyone can post the url that was mentioned a while back on how/why these are generated, I'd appreciate reading the explanation. |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Dave P" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Has anyone had any luck filtering the nonsense posts using the agent newsreader? It allows one to filter on subject and author; I cannot find any other criteria to filter this/these pests out. I am using a filter to delete all posts over 60 lines in length. This gets 95% of them. Dave hmmmmmmmmmm......so that means you deleted me Dave (sniff sniff) madgardener -- "Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. What they conceal is vital. " |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
Lazarus Cooke wrote: Even this only occasional urgler, who has never, I think, had a row with anyone, has a fair idea of who is responsible. One particular person springs to mind as being unusually small-minded, petty and spiteful. Visited dl - it's the first time today I have seen the same posts that we've had had in here. So indeed - you are maybe right. The flooding has started there too :o( |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
Lazarus Cooke writes
In article , wrote: And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? Even this only occasional urgler, who has never, I think, had a row with anyone, has a fair idea of who is responsible. One particular person springs to mind as being unusually small-minded, petty and spiteful. Would you care to put a name to that? And present your evidence? Otherwise consider whether non-specific allegations are particularly helpful in returning this newsgroup to being a relaxed and helpful forum -- Kay |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message news:160320061052184065%lazaruscooke@britishlibrar y.invalid... In article , wrote: And guess what ... they're now all under 60 lines. Can you imagine someone having so little to do with their life that they actually read what people are trying to do to block posts? Even this only occasional urgler, who has never, I think, had a row with anyone, has a fair idea of who is responsible. One particular person springs to mind as being unusually small-minded, petty and spiteful. Lazarus The greatest likelihood is that the person responsible for the spam flooding this newsgroup has never contributed to this newsgroup in any form. Precisely because this isn't the sort of newsgroup which would attract the sort of script-kiddies and hackers who delight in this sort of technological vandalism in the first place. And so could explain what was going on, to everyone else. Disillusioned gardening enthusiasts don't turn into hackers although they might get up to other stuff - stalking people onto other newsgroups, emails, generalised trolling etc. But what isn't beyond question is that whoever is responsible for this, is most likely taking great delight in reading all this groundless - and most likely highly inaccurate speculation about who is responsible. And the dire effect it's having on those not using a NewsServer which will effectively screen out, or cancel all the spam. And all the various measures they're being driven to take, to combat it. Those responsible are just lapping up all this speculation and these tales of woe. This is most likely the main reason why they do it in the first place. michael adams .... |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
On 16/3/06 15:35, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:41:05 +0000, Sacha wrote: Sadly, I think that's going to apply to a few of us for a while, Maddy. It's a nuisance and a shame but if some inadequate thinks this is a good use of their time, we'll have to combat it somehow. I get this mental pic of some pimply, pasty-faced youth crouched over a computer thinking how 'clever' they are. Poor thing. The late TCA, the guy who helped destroy uk.local.yorkshire was in his seventies. A case of arrested development, clearly. ;-) Seriously though, someone has to be a bit sick in the head to do that kind of thing. And desperately lonely. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In article .com, La
Puce writes Lazarus Cooke wrote: Even this only occasional urgler, who has never, I think, had a row with anyone, has a fair idea of who is responsible. One particular person springs to mind as being unusually small-minded, petty and spiteful. Visited dl - it's the first time today I have seen the same posts that we've had had in here. So indeed - you are maybe right. The flooding has started there too :o( I haven't seen any in there. There's the usual load of twaddle from the brain dead kiddies - but they are "real" postings by "people" rather than botted gibberish. (Not that the content is any better - in many ways its worse - but that's selfish, inane anti-socials for you). I haven't seen any flooding in dl since ah's. -- regards andyw |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
In article , Janet Baraclough
writes That's why I suggested earlier, that regular posters here should exchange blocking tips by email only, not in public, and only with names and addresses they know and trust. I think that the only foolproof way that the kiddies could flood here with no-one being able to do anything about filtering them out would be if all the flood posts contained the senders name and addresses. Of course, I should really have sent this by email. Now they've read this we're doomed. -- regards andyw |
filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
newsb wrote: I haven't seen any in there. There's the usual load of twaddle from the brain dead kiddies - but they are "real" postings by "people" rather than botted gibberish. You know - I had to look again! It's been a while. I really thought it was the same gibberish! But you're right it is real people ... (Not that the content is any better - in many ways its worse - but that's selfish, inane anti-socials for you). I haven't seen any flooding in dl since ah's. Huh?! What about Michael Baldwin Bruce to whom many responded to and who is now flooding and crossposting to perhaps 10 forums at once with lots of nonsense? And you're wrong about ah. If you take a look, there's far more 'naughty' than him though. I'm certain. Anyway, I'm now confused. What do you exactly call flooding? |
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filtering pest(s) with agent newsreader ?
Martin wrote in
: On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:05:48 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 16/3/06 15:35, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:41:05 +0000, Sacha wrote: Sadly, I think that's going to apply to a few of us for a while, Maddy. It's a nuisance and a shame but if some inadequate thinks this is a good use of their time, we'll have to combat it somehow. I get this mental pic of some pimply, pasty-faced youth crouched over a computer thinking how 'clever' they are. Poor thing. The late TCA, the guy who helped destroy uk.local.yorkshire was in his seventies. A case of arrested development, clearly. ;-) Seriously though, someone has to be a bit sick in the head to do that kind of thing. And desperately lonely. He was sick in the head. The main problem here is Janet, Sacha, Farm1, and Martin. You idiots abuse innocent people coming into urg trying to participate and then one day you ****ed off someone who decided to get even. Now here's the pompous fool Sacha adding insult to injury for someone who already has it in for this crowd by calling that person a "pimply, pasty-faced youth crouched over a computer thinking how 'clever' they are.." That person outsmarted you. LOL And then Martin piping in. How "relevant" to uk.rec.gardening is this, Martin old asshole? Not only is your discussion not relevant, you're not relevant. What sort of ****ing idiots are you people anyway? If I knew who it was trolling this ng I'd send them a medal for a job well done, you pathetic gits. You've brought it on yourselves. |
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