XPost: soc.genealogy.ireland, soc.geneaogy.misc, soc.genealogy.computing   
   XPost: alt.genealogy   
   From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 08/06/2021 19:54, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 17:20:57 +0100, Ian Goddard   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 07/06/2021 09:18, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> Spammers have recently attacked several genealogy newsgroups,   
   >>> intending to hijack them.   
   >   
   >> Easily dealt with.  Don't use mail versions of the groups.  Don't use   
   >> Google Groups.  Get a Usenet feed - your ISP might bundle this,   
   >> otherwise there are (or were last time I looked) free options and at   
   >> worst about a tenner a year - and a reader such as Thunderbird which   
   >> lets you ignore specific threads.  These spammers seem to repeatedly   
   >> post to one or two threads.  Ignore those threads and don't see any more   
   >> of the spam.   
   >   
   > The only time I go to Groogle Groups is to report the spam.   
   >   
   > Unfortuntely they only let you do it one message at a time.   
   >   
   >   
      
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