From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Athel Cornish-Bowden   
    writes:   
   >On 2018-05-20 09:08:24 +0000, John Hill said:   
   []   
   >>  IMHO this flood of spam is being posted by one or more bots, and   
   >>replies   
   >> will not be monitored.   
   >   
   >I agree.   
      
   Me too.   
      
   >>  So protesting replies will not be observed by the originators and   
   >>will   
   >> have no effect whatsoever.   
   >   
   >With that, too.   
      
   No _positive_ effect. Posting replies _here_ has a _negative_ effect:   
   (a) it increases the general off-topic level, thus irritating lots of   
   us, (b) it makes those of us who don't see the original posts (either   
   because we have effective kill-rules or we use a server with good spam   
   filters) aware of them, and again irritating us. As john@.fr has pointed   
   out, even posting replies direct to the posters - even if they get to   
   them - is inadvisable, as it confirms they are reaching someone.   
      
   So DON'T REPLY - by post OR email. Set a kill rule (I think keying on   
   "girls" or "horny" will get most of them without too many false   
   positives here), and/or switch to a server that stops you seeing them.   
   --   
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   Never. For me, there has to be a meaning. There's not much meaning in eating   
   bugs. - Darcey Bussell (on whether she'd appear on /I'm a Celebrity/), in RT   
   2015/11/28-12/4   
      
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