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Proposal: What if We Started Flagging Non-SPAM Threads (Posts)? Roy Schestowitz 01-31-2008
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on January 31, 2008, 2:11 am
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Here is a thought. Since like 80% of the threads here are most clearly SPAM,
what if we did the reverse of SPAM flagging and preceded our subject lines by
something like [AISE]? Most spammers are hit-and-runners, so they won't get
the trick around it. Think of it as white flagging that helps separate ham
from spam.

Posted by gbb on January 31, 2008, 4:19 am
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Here is a thought. Since like 80% of the threads here are most clearly SPAM,
> what if we did the reverse of SPAM flagging and preceded our subject lines by
> something like [AISE]?

Another possibility is to pay a subscription to a reliable news server that
offers spam filtering. I pay 10 euros per year to news.individual.net and most
of the groups I read are almost spam-free. This one has maybe one or two spams
per day that show up in my newsreader.

--
gbb



Posted by Andrew Heenan on January 31, 2008, 7:46 am
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>> Here is a thought. Since like 80% of the threads here are most clearly
>> SPAM,
>> what if we did the reverse of SPAM flagging and preceded our subject
>> lines by
>> something like [AISE]?
>
> Another possibility is to pay a subscription to a reliable news server
> that
> offers spam filtering. I pay 10 euros per year to news.individual.net and
> most
> of the groups I read are almost spam-free. This one has maybe one or two
> spams
> per day that show up in my newsreader.

I like Roy's idea in principle, but I don't think it would work - for long -
for three reasons:

1. There'd be loads of double posts as idiots like me forgot to add the
'code'
2. While it would help with 'drive-by' spammers, it would actually help the
real scum - spammers within the community - who would use the 'code' as a
badge of legitimacy.

And most seriously:

3. It would be yet one more discouragement to new members who would feel
even more excluded.

GBB: is news.individual.net user friendly? is it a sensible layout?
10 Euros may be preferable to liberal use of the killfile!
--

Andrew
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Posted by Andrew Heenan on January 31, 2008, 8:21 am
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> GBB: is news.individual.net user friendly? is it a sensible layout?
> 10 Euros may be preferable to liberal use of the killfile!

Wow!

This is the New Me, 10 Euros lighter - once I found I could do it via
Outlook Express (M$'s only good program!), there was no point hanging on.

I can't be doing with the web-based setups - too slow!
--

Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/
http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

The video that makes YouTube worthwhile:
Charlie The Unicorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus



Posted by Jez on January 31, 2008, 8:50 am
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Andrew Heenan wrote:
>> GBB: is news.individual.net user friendly? is it a sensible layout?
>> 10 Euros may be preferable to liberal use of the killfile!
>
> Wow!
>
> This is the New Me, 10 Euros lighter - once I found I could do it via
> Outlook Express (M$'s only good program!), there was no point hanging on.
>
> I can't be doing with the web-based setups - too slow!

Were you using a web based thing before then?

I have been using news.individual.net for nearly 3 years now and they
are well worth the money IMO - though from memory renewing was very
clunky last year.

> (M$'s only good program!)

It's not as good as Thunderbird!

Jez.

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