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   Message 7,843 of 8,070   
   David Nebenzahl to All   
   Re: Sick and tired of the M I bloody 5 s   
   02 Jan 08 10:43:22   
   
   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: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 1/2/2008 3:53 AM Jon Bendtsen spake thus:   
      
   > Big Hooters wrote:   
    >   
   >> "George Leithead"  wrote in message   
   >> news:bf1306f8-2d7f-42cb-bf3e-d44146abbf2a@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >> 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?   
      
   Regarding the former, nothing can be done about that.   
      
   Regarding the latter: read up on filters, aka killfiling.   
      
   Here's another idea: how about retaliating, and flooding the perp's   
   inbox with a sea of messages? You can do so through his website, at   
   http://www.five.org.uk/feedback.php. (Be sure to use a bogus email   
   address or throwaway email account, like yahoo, hotmail, etc.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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