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Allen Prunty

Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Allen Prunty » 19 jan 2008 05:42:10

For everyone who is reading this Echo / Newsgroup, I try to filter out as much
of the spam as possible and usually get 95% of it... however sometimes it is
just not possible to catch everything.

The best way to deal with spam when you see it is just ignore it.

In an effort to help revive the FidoNet Genealogy echo I am gating this
newsgroup. Occasionally spam may make it onto the fido side... but rest
assured as a Genalogist I am here reading it and when one crashes the gate I
will adjust the filters to help prevent it again.

Always remember that a spammer often will NOT read your responses... responding
to a spammer only serves to increase the noise-bandwidth. Which in turn
creates more junk in the newsgroup, which is what the spammer wants anyways.

If you are interested in reading this newsgroup on the derby city BBS you can
point your browswer to http://derbycitybbs.com you will not find it under
usenet... it is under fidonet as Genealogy.

I have read months of this newsgroup and look forward to getting to know the
people here and recognize many names from the Fido days long gone by.



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Steve Hayes

Re: Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Steve Hayes » 19 jan 2008 11:35:18

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:42:10 -0500, "Allen Prunty"
<allen.prunty@derbycitybbs.com.remove-a0y-this> wrote:

For everyone who is reading this Echo / Newsgroup, I try to filter out as much
of the spam as possible and usually get 95% of it... however sometimes it is
just not possible to catch everything.

The best way to deal with spam when you see it is just ignore it.

In an effort to help revive the FidoNet Genealogy echo I am gating this
newsgroup. Occasionally spam may make it onto the fido side... but rest
assured as a Genalogist I am here reading it and when one crashes the gate I
will adjust the filters to help prevent it again.

Always remember that a spammer often will NOT read your responses... responding
to a spammer only serves to increase the noise-bandwidth. Which in turn
creates more junk in the newsgroup, which is what the spammer wants anyways.

If you are interested in reading this newsgroup on the derby city BBS you can
point your browswer to http://derbycitybbs.com you will not find it under
usenet... it is under fidonet as Genealogy.

I have read months of this newsgroup and look forward to getting to know the
people here and recognize many names from the Fido days long gone by.

I'm glad to hear that genealogy is still being discussed on Fidonet. Thanks
for gating.

My BBS crashed a couple of years ago, and it wasn't worth repairing.


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Frank Vest

Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Frank Vest » 19 jan 2008 12:10:35

To: Allen Prunty
On (18 Jan 08) Allen Prunty wrote to All...

Hello Allen,

AP> For everyone who is reading this Echo / Newsgroup, I try to filter out
AP> as much of the spam as possible and usually get 95% of it... however
AP> sometimes it is just not possible to catch everything.

AP> The best way to deal with spam when you see it is just ignore it.

AP> In an effort to help revive the FidoNet Genealogy echo I am gating
AP> this newsgroup. Occasionally spam may make it onto the fido side...
AP> but rest assured as a Genalogist I am here reading it and when one
AP> crashes the gate I will adjust the filters to help prevent it again.

AP> Always remember that a spammer often will NOT read your responses...
AP> responding to a spammer only serves to increase the noise-bandwidth.
AP> Which in turn creates more junk in the newsgroup, which is what the
AP> spammer wants anyways.

AP> If you are interested in reading this newsgroup on the derby city BBS
AP> you can point your browswer to http://derbycitybbs.com you will not
AP> find it under usenet... it is under fidonet as Genealogy.

AP> I have read months of this newsgroup and look forward to getting to
AP> know the people here and recognize many names from the Fido days long
AP> gone by.

Sadly, the "To:" field shows as "To: alt.genealogy" when posted with a
newsreader. That makes following replies a bit strange.

Regards,
Frank


http://collincountystation.com

Disclaimer:
You realize, of course, that all of us could be wrong?


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Texas Gen

Re: Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Texas Gen » 19 jan 2008 13:27:30

Thank you, Allen. Your efforts to keep the streets clear are appreciated!

I use the Tools >> Block Sender feature in Outlook Express, although I'm not
sure that it's effective, as it seems that the same spams just come back
through different e-mail addresse.

Warmest Regards,

Donna

Allen Prunty

Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Allen Prunty » 20 jan 2008 03:36:56

To: Frank Vest
Re: Spam in the Group
By: Frank Vest to Allen Prunty on Sat Jan 19 2008 11:10 am

Sadly, the "To:" field shows as "To: alt.genealogy" when posted with a
newsreader. That makes following replies a bit strange.

All messages from usenet are address to ALL regardless of who they are really
addressed to (if that makes sense) by haveing alt.genealogy in the to line you
know it came from the usenet side.

Small inconvienience, but you can get used to it in time. There is a lot of
good information there and many of them were former fido Genealogy users... I
see many names I recognize.

We have to look for alterntives to keep both usenet and fidonet strong.

Allen


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Hugh Watkins

Re: Spam in the Group

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 20 jan 2008 13:46:39

Allen Prunty wrote:
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We have to look for alterntives to keep both usenet and fidonet strong.

groups.yahoo.com is the most effective system for special interest groups

It has one disadvantage if the group owner dies the groups can not get a
new moderator
An unhappy group owner can delet it all

Rootsweb.com ensures better continuity

Hugh W

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