From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:54:39 +0300   
   Nokiamies  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   > >   
   Keep it alive!   
      
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>> 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.   
   >   
      
   I still have a Ramdisk drive 'B:' for TEMP files.   
   Seems that I set it up using QSoft ramdrive from 2005 - the setup page   
   seems to use Cyrillic.   
      
      
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