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  • Blocking Spam?

    From Randall@rsbecker@nexbridge.com to comp.sys.tandem on Tue Dec 5 14:06:05 2023
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    Does anyone know how to wholesale block the spammers who are infecting this group?
    TIA
    Randall
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  • From Bill Honaker@no_spam_bhonaker__@x_i_d.com to comp.sys.tandem on Tue Dec 5 17:11:24 2023
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    On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 14:06:05 -0800 (PST), Randall <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:

    Does anyone know how to wholesale block the spammers who are infecting this group?
    TIA
    Randall

    I believe this is done only by the NNTP client. For example, I user Forte Agent as my client.

    I can add a 'kill filter' that can include the user, or other fields.

    I find 2 types of filters in 'Google Groups', but I think there's a SPAM filter. Look there.
    Bill
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  • From Bill Honaker@no_spam_bhonaker__@x_i_d.com to comp.sys.tandem on Wed Dec 6 17:52:47 2023
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    On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 10:52:28 -0800 (PST), Randall <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 6:11:27?p.m. UTC-5, Bill Honaker wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 14:06:05 -0800 (PST), Randall <rsbe...@nexbridge.com> wrote:

    Does anyone know how to wholesale block the spammers who are infecting this group?
    TIA
    Randall
    I believe this is done only by the NNTP client. For example, I user Forte Agent as my client.

    I can add a 'kill filter' that can include the user, or other fields.

    I find 2 types of filters in 'Google Groups', but I think there's a SPAM filter. Look there.
    Bill

    I'm going in through FireFox... no filter I can find.

    It's not in your browser, it should be on the Google Groups website...
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  • From j-ma...@pacbell.net@j-marcus@pacbell.net to comp.sys.tandem on Thu Dec 7 14:32:31 2023
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    Don't forget that if you are using Google Groups to view this news group, it is very easy to report conversations as spam. You just need to select the conversation thread and then press the Stop Sign icon with the exclamation point in it. I don't know if Google actually does anything with these reports, but it makes me feel better. Maybe if enough people do it, it raises the awareness at Google.
    Jon Marcus
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  • From Randall@rsbecker@nexbridge.com to comp.sys.tandem on Fri Dec 8 13:05:52 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.tandem

    On Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 5:32:33rC>p.m. UTC-5, j-ma...@pacbell.net wrote:
    Don't forget that if you are using Google Groups to view this news group, it is very easy to report conversations as spam. You just need to select the conversation thread and then press the Stop Sign icon with the exclamation point in it. I don't know if Google actually does anything with these reports, but it makes me feel better. Maybe if enough people do it, it raises the awareness at Google.

    Jon Marcus
    Thanks Jon. I'm pretty sure Google ignores the information. I have reached out to support and not had any feedback. It is a shame that there are no designated moderators because the group is so old.
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