Re: WHY HAS THIS SITE BECOME SUCH A SPAM TARGET???

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:17:38 -0800 (PST), David R Tribble
<david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Phil Carmody wrote:
Killfile _everything_ that comes from googlegroups, and you'll
see almost none of the spam. Spam problem solved.

...and none of the valid posts (like this one) from poor slobs
like me who are using Google Groups because of the
convenience.

Oh well.

How do you manage to go on reading sci.math in Google Groups with
this much spam? Do you use some kind of third-party filter?

--
Angus Rodgers
(twirlip@ eats spam; reply to angusrod@)
Contains mild peril
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