From: keuhkokala15@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 20:38:00 -0500, "AugustA"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Hello luweitest!   
   >   
   >** On Friday 10.02.23 - 03:46, luweitest wrote to :   
   >   
   >> ... Newsgroups don't need checking from time to time as web   
   >> forums. Putting them in the subscription list doesn't cost   
   >> anything.   
   >   
   >Good point. When something gets posted, it will show up.   
   >   
   >   
   >>> I did get a recent spam in here, "Blank ATM cards".  Very   
   >>> annoying.   
   >>>   
   >> I created a subject filter in TB to delete them. Handy now,   
   >> but I worry about more sophisticated, pattern-less spam,   
   >> though it seems not likely in today's Usenet.   
   >   
   >But building the filters could be a full time job. The spammer   
   >just has to change one letter, or come in under a new name. It   
   >can be a constant battle.  It would seem easier to block   
   >messages from nntp servers that don't authenticate users, and/   
   >or just block the whole groups.google source.   
   I wonder can this be done on any newsgroup client? I am using Forte   
   Agent currently and that could reduce spam by lot since Usenet server   
   I use requires authentication and got zero spam policies.   
   >   
   >   
   >>> wrt XP, I had a recent good journey upgrading my T60 from a   
   >>> 250GB hdd to a 1TB ssd. ...   
   >>>   
   >> My X61 is similar to T60. I upgraded memory to 4G, 3G for   
   >> system and the other 1G that XP cannot use for ramdisk. HDD   
   >> sata mode is quick enough for me now, maybe I will consider   
   >> SSD later. And I use ThrottleStop to boost CPU sometimes.   
   >   
   >What did you use to create/configure the ramdisk?  I thought   
   >ramdisk tools were from the days of 286s and 386s.   
      
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