From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr   
      
   On 18/05/2018 20:37, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > In message , Keith Nuttle    
   >  writes:   
   >> On 5/18/2018 7:39 AM, MB wrote:   
   >>> On 18/05/2018 10:08, david1940 wrote:   
   >>>> On 13/05/2018 19:26, Chris Dickinson wrote:   
   >>>>> Well, whatever Google (or whoever) may have tried to do in the last    
   >>>>> 72 hours, the situation is now much worse (from the point of view    
   >>>>> of a Google Groups user).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> I am using Thunderbird to read these messages and had managed to    
   >>>> filter out the spam containing certain words.   
   >>>> However although the filters are in place they no longer work and    
   >>>> I'm  fed up deleting threads and messages.   
   >>>> Does anyone have solution?   
   >>>  I must have filtered out many genuine USENET users who have posted    
   >>> replies to SPAMmers when I have blocked their EMail address with the   
   >>> SPAMmers.   
   >>>   
   >> The problem with using email addresses is that the spammers keep    
   >> change their email address.  I find I get better results filtering on    
   >> words.   
   >>   
   > Filtering on the word "girls" would I think kill most of these. I'd    
   > rather not, in case a genuine thread contained the word. (I can't ATM    
   > think of a genealogy one that might, but it could. [And please don't    
   > post examples!])   
      
   A little more tedious to set up, but use two/three word phrases rather    
   than single words for greater specificity. Don't forget "wom" at the end   
   of a phrase is enough to eliminate singular and plural   
      
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