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   Kenny McCormack to All   
   (OT) Suggestion for dealing with the spa   
   23 Dec 23 10:10:24   
   
   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   Suggest that in future, people include the name of the newsgroup in parens   
   (as above).  This makes it easy to spot legit articles amidst all the junk.   
      
   Thanks.   
      
   (Yeah, I get it.  How long will it be until the spammers do likewise?   
   Well, we'll never know unless we try)   
      
   Also note: I've been thinking about suggesting this in every newsgroup (or   
   at least, all of them that have been Thai/mushroom spammed); this is the   
   first (alpha) test of the idea.   
      
   And, finally, note that this whole problem will probably go away when   
   Google disconnects from Usenet this February.  So, maybe we just need to   
   wait...   
      
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