XPost: alt.video.dvdr, microsoft.public.cmserver.general, alt.co   
   p.sys.palmtops.pilot   
   XPost: rec.pets.dogs.rescue, rec.photo, rec.photo.darkroom   
   XPost: alt.fan.harry-potter   
   From: noone@example.com   
      
   Big Hooters wrote:   
   > "George Leithead"  wrote in message   
   > news:bf1306f8-2d7f-42cb-bf3e-d44146abbf2a@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...   
   >> Hi all,   
   >>   
   >> I bet that you, like me are sick and tired of all this M I bloody 5   
   >> spam that is flooding these news groups and de-valuing them!  Every   
   >> time one comes in I use the "Report this message" facility, yet   
   >> nothing appears to ever happen/change!   
   >>   
   >> Can we all get together and pressure Google to do something about it?   
   >> Anyone got any ideas on how to do something that will be effective?   
   > snip>   
   >   
   > You use google, MI5 victim dosen't, google is only a web based access to   
   > usenet. Google cannot do anything.   
      
   I seem to remember that one of his posts had a abuse@google.com   
      
   [cuuut]   
      
      
   > The problem is amplified by posters who reply to Mikes X-post floods   
   > without snipping, and without removing the crossposts.   
      
   Where would one discuss how to prevent his postings, or prevent   
   seeing them?   
      
      
   > But also Mike Corley sets "follow-up" groups to his MI5 posts, this is   
   > where he hasn't actually posted to a specific group but it's listed as   
   > "follow-up" in the crossposts, the lusers who reply, their posts show   
   > up in groups that Mike wants flooded.   
   > Mike Corley has set uk.misc as follow-up to all the posts, (which I've   
   > removed) it gets flooded with the replies, and of course your X-post.   
   > Mike Corley has been doing this since 1995, and he knows what he is doing,   
   > he avoids killfiles/plonk/block by morphing and using pay-as-you-go dial-up.   
   > Filters rarely have an effect as in this example, if you set the criteria as   
   > "MI_5", then the flood morph to "MIfive" or whatever   
      
   Why not use Bayesian filters? they would probably adopt and   
   prevent him from simply using five rather than 5.   
      
      
      
      
   JonB   
      
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