From: keuhkokala15@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:54:49 +0800, Lu Wei    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2023-8-14 16:40, Nokiamies wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >If you mean block articles from Google, as long as Forte Agent could   
   >filter articles with headers, you have choices:   
   >"User-Agent:" header is "G2/1.0"   
   >"Path:" header ends with "google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail"   
   >"Injection-Info:" header contains "google-groups.googlegroups.com"   
   Seems that forte supports header based filtering so I could try that.   
   I doubt will lose lot by blocking Google groups. Most people are   
   likely using Eternal-September or other private servers to access   
   usenet anyway. I used to use my ISP usenet server until it was ditched   
   in 2021 (they had it still up until that but did not advertise it   
   existance).   
      
   Nice that usenet is still alive and can get answers or replies here   
   still. It is more relaxed and free form for communication than message   
   boards.   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >Newer tools exist since ramdisk is still useful. I use Gavotte RAMDisk   
   >1.0.4096.5, Google it and you'll find the first link to MSFN where I got   
   >it from.   
      
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