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|    Ted Nolan |
|    Re: just wondering    |
|    22 Aug 07 20:40:20    |
      From: ted@loft.tnolan.com              In article <4aadnYoM5tgX5lHbnZ2dnUVZ_rOpnZ2d@comcast.com>,       ~Vi <~vi@comcast.net> wrote:       >       >       >I am assuming there are rules to posting in a newsgroup but is there any way       >to prevent those really annoying posts from appearing over and over again       >and messing up the posts that actually deal with the actual subject of a NG       >itself... for example the one that is bombarding almost every NG out there.       >"MI5 Persecution: etc., etc.," ... I know I can ignore them, (which I do)       >but just wondered if anyone has any control over content.... Is the intent       >to just annoy or what? If this has been asked and answered before, I       >apologize...       >       >              In general there is nothing you can do except try and adjust your software       to ignore such posts. Mostly the intention is to annoy. I think the       MI5 guy is genuinely mentally ill.                      Ted              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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