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OT. Help filter the crap
I am finding all the rubbish none gardening posts on this group a real
drag. As most of them are also posted to other groups can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts that are addressed to other newsgroups. I subscribe to an email list on another hobby of mine and we get none of this. Is there a garden related email list? Mike |
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"Muddymike" wrote in message news I am finding all the rubbish none gardening posts on this group a real drag. As most of them are also posted to other groups can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts that are addressed to other newsgroups. I subscribe to an email list on another hobby of mine and we get none of this. Is there a garden related email list? Mike But Mike, this 'IS' an email list/facility for the owners of this site. They use it as if it were their own. Private chats which """SHOULD""" be on email ......... ""Do you have one of these plants?"", 'Yes I do', ""Oh good, I will pop in and get one"" Such stuff could and SHOULD go to email and I have remarked on it before. Only one thing to do. LIVE WITH IT. I was on a uk.local. newsgroup a few years back and it was net nannied to the 'n'th degree. The Mickey was taken out of said net nanny to such a degree that the newsgroup became useless :-(( You see the same happening here. :-(( Aggression Net Nannying Private emails Kissy Kissy chat. :-(( and the odd gardening item There is one HUGE advantage and by product of this newsgroup :-)) Lurkers who NEVER post but email :-)) Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
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can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts
that are addressed to other newsgroups. Mike Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good or can recommend another newsreader from experience? David. |
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"Muddymike" wrote in message news I am finding all the rubbish none gardening posts on this group a real drag. As most of them are also posted to other groups can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts that are addressed to other newsgroups. I subscribe to an email list on another hobby of mine It will ... :-( Mary |
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David (Normandy) wrote:
Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good or can recommend another newsreader from experience? I can confirm that Agent can certainly filter out cross-posted rubbish, and it has kill filters that can be as fancy as your imagination allows. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
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"Muddymike" wrote in message news I am finding all the rubbish none gardening posts on this group a real drag. As most of them are also posted to other groups can anyone advise on It will ... :-( It won't :-( Mary Scary or hairy? Now this is a very good example of my frustration, all the replies to my post were of value except for those from one poster who posted the above to rec.nude,demon.local,alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.pond s,alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots,rec.models.rockets,alt.suicide.holiday as well as uk.rec.gardening, why oh why don't they get a life of their own. Mike |
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"David (Normandy)" writes
can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts that are addressed to other newsgroups. Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good or can recommend another newsreader from experience? Turnpike can also delete all cross posts (or, eg, articles cross posted to more then 2, 3, etc groups - useful if you want to block spam but not articles that have been crossposted to eg ponds). It's got menu items to kill authors, subjects, threads, and then a good facility to create your own rules for deleting almost any combination you care to think of. -- Kay |
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:23:58 +0200, "David \(Normandy\)"
wrote and included this (or some of this): can anyone advise on whether Outlook Express can be set to dump all posts that are addressed to other newsgroups. Mike Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good Go for it. I recommend it -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ |
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HI Chris
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:52:35 GMT, Chris J Dixon wrote: David (Normandy) wrote: Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good or can recommend another newsreader from experience? I can confirm that Agent can certainly filter out cross-posted rubbish, and it has kill filters that can be as fancy as your imagination allows. Interesting - I'm running Agent (V3.2) , but can't see how to block x-posted stuff..... can you elaborate please ? Thanks Adrian |
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"Muddymike" wrote Now this is a very good example of my frustration, all the replies to my post were of value except for those from one poster who posted the above to rec.nude,demon.local,alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.pond s,alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots,rec.models.rockets,alt.suicide.holiday as well as uk.rec.gardening, why oh why don't they get a life of their own. Because they are children (or childlike) and they think, like a lot of childish people, that swearing and trying to shock and annoy others makes them look grown up. Whereas we grownups just see them for what they are, silly children. Pity them for their silliness and that one day when they have grown up they will regret their present actions and feel rightly stupid. They will have to live with the knowledge of what they are doing now all their lives. -- Regards Bob |
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writes Turnpike can also delete all cross posts How Kay? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Muddymike wrote:
Now this is a very good example of my frustration, all the replies to my post were of value except for those from one poster who posted the above to rec.nude,demon.local,alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.pon ds,alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots,rec.models.rockets,alt.suicide.holiday as well as uk.rec.gardening, why oh why don't they get a life of their own. I didn't see it, my Agent cross-post filter killed it. ;-) Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
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HI Martin
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:03:50 +0200, Martin wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:53:00 +0100, Adrian wrote: HI Chris On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:52:35 GMT, Chris J Dixon wrote: David (Normandy) wrote: Don't think so. I've looked at all the features in OE and there is nothing suitable. I'm thinking of changing to another email reader such as Forte Agent. It looks like it has features to automatically delete all the cross-posted rubbish. Anyone know if this is any good or can recommend another newsreader from experience? I can confirm that Agent can certainly filter out cross-posted rubbish, and it has kill filters that can be as fancy as your imagination allows. Interesting - I'm running Agent (V3.2) , but can't see how to block x-posted stuff..... can you elaborate please ? In Agent 4,2 "When does Agent check for crossposted messages? By default, Agent checks for crossposted messages only when you retrieve new headers (for example, when you retrieve new headers in selected folders). Thus, if you retrieve *all* headers in a particular folder, Agent does not remove any crossposted messages. This is to allow you to retrieve all headers if you want to. There is an option on the Folder Properties dialog to enable crosspost checking for all header operations" Folder Properties Receieving messages Usenet Crossposting Ah - thanks for that. Unless I'm missing the pojnt - that facility saves you from downloading the same message in several newsgroups - which is fine. I suspect the 'magic bullet' I was looking for was something that said ' Hey - this message has been crossposted to more than three newsgroups - which you may not be actually monitoring - but it looks like a garbage post ' - though, on reflection, that's probably asking rather a lot of the software g Thanks Adrian |
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In article , Janet Tweedy writes In article , K writes Turnpike can also delete all cross posts How Kay? Click on the Help menu. In the Index, click on 'Killing Articles and Threads', scroll to the bottom where you will find 'Custom Kill rules: Examples for Articles'. Click on this and among the examples you will find: To kill crossposted articles /^Newsgroups:.*,/h Insert this rule in the newsgroup folder's Properties. To find out how to do this look up 'Newsgroup Properties - Kill Rules' in the Help Index. If you are happy to have articles that are cross-posted to two newsgroups but not, say, three, then just add another ".*," per newsgroup, thus: /^Newsgroups:.*,.*,/h -- Malcolm |
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"Muddymike" wrote in message om... "Muddymike" wrote in message news I am finding all the rubbish none gardening posts on this group a real drag. As most of them are also posted to other groups can anyone advise on It will ... :-( It won't :-( Mary Scary or hairy? Now this is a very good example of my frustration, all the replies to my post were of value except for those from one poster who posted the above to rec.nude,demon.local,alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.pond s,alt.sports.football.pro. ne-patriots,rec.models.rockets,alt.suicide.holiday as well as uk.rec.gardening, why oh why don't they get a life of their own. Mike Don't know but its amazing how much time and energy they waste trying to annoy people. If you come up with a solution let us know. I am reluctant to spend money on software for something as trivial as a newsreader - but it looks as if I may have to! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cultivars |
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