From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

Hello usenet fans,

Recently I configured my leafnode to discard all messages that are cross-posted to more than 3 groups, and lo and behold! The amount of spam
has almost disappeared.

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

Best regards,
Daniel

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From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

Hi ,D

I want to use leafnode but i use Windows
I use instead Dnews a very old usenet Server on Windows
it only work on Winxp

Does exist a leafnode for windows


On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:49:45 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Hello usenet fans,

Recently I configured my leafnode to discard all messages that are >cross-posted to more than 3 groups, and lo and behold! The amount of spam >has almost disappeared.

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

Best regards,
Daniel

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Hello floffy,

Based on a quick look I'm afraid I can't find anything for windows. I
think if your really like that setup, maybe a linux VM would be the best
way forward?

That way, if windows is your daily driver, you could just spin up
virtualbox with a linux on it and you should be ready to roll as long as
the right software is in the repositories.

If you never have used linux this might not be the best idea though.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, floffy@gallaxial.com wrote:

Hi ,D

I want to use leafnode but i use Windows
I use instead Dnews a very old usenet Server on Windows
it only work on Winxp

Does exist a leafnode for windows

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:49:45 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Hello usenet fans,

Recently I configured my leafnode to discard all messages that are
cross-posted to more than 3 groups, and lo and behold! The amount of spam
has almost disappeared.

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

Best regards,
Daniel

-
telnet://gallaxial.com BBS
irc://gallaxial.com IRC With Service
http://gallaxial.com:33333 Old Fashon torrent Tracker
ftp://gallaxial.com FTP server fidonet files +++ http://gallaxial.com:88 Web-FTP
-

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From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

On 3/16/2024 12:49 PM, D wrote:

Hello usenet fans,

Recently I configured my leafnode to discard all messages that are cross-posted to more than 3 groups, and lo and behold! The amount of
spam has almost disappeared.

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

Best regards,
Daniel

Isn't that what most people filter out? It's really rare for a message
with more than three groups in to have anything of value.
It used to be that combined with filtering Google Groups that was an
easy way to keep your groups readable.
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On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, kyonshi wrote:

On 3/16/2024 12:49 PM, D wrote:

Hello usenet fans,

Recently I configured my leafnode to discard all messages that are
cross-posted to more than 3 groups, and lo and behold! The amount of spam >> has almost disappeared.

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

Best regards,
Daniel

Isn't that what most people filter out? It's really rare for a message with more than three groups in to have anything of value.
It used to be that combined with filtering Google Groups that was an easy way
to keep your groups readable.

I don't know, but I agree with you. Adding that filter has made an
enormous difference. No more fiddling around with killfiles, I just delete everything with more than 3 groups and the spam has decreased a lot.
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From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

On 3/16/24 06:49, D wrote:

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

I wouldn't call it a law.

More something that's long been known by many Usenetizens.

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

The more newsgroups that a message is posted to, the less likely it is
to be on topic.

The rare exception to that is someone asking something like "I don't
know where to post this, so I'm asking <here>, <here>, and <here>. I've
set followups to <here>." type thing.
--
Grant. . . .
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On 3/17/2024 2:24 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:

On 3/16/24 06:49, D wrote:

Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?

I wouldn't call it a law.

More something that's long been known by many Usenetizens.

"The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."

Maybe?

The more newsgroups that a message is posted to, the less likely it is
to be on topic.

The rare exception to that is someone asking something like "I don't
know where to post this, so I'm asking <here>, <here>, and <here>.-a I've set followups to <here>." type thing.

I have to admit I actually post in various newsgroups if something is in
fact of interest in multiple ones. Although I limit myself to 3 (because
well, if I didn't my own spam filter would already get rid of it)
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On 3/16/24 20:51, kyonshi wrote:

I have to admit I actually post in various newsgroups if something is in fact of interest in multiple ones. Although I limit myself to 3 (because well, if I didn't my own spam filter would already get rid of it)

*nod*

Contrary to popular belief, there are legitimate reasons to post to
multiple newsgroups. It's just that those legitimate reasons are far
and few in between.
--
Grant. . . .
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