[Info-vax] A cry for help

[Scott Dorsey]

Chris Townley  <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>On 04/11/2023 15:25, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> John Reagan  <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've been doing this manually and also reported to Google thru other channe=
>>> ls.  No difference so far.
>> 
>> Google is not the solution.  Google is the problem.  Expecting anyone at
>> Google to ever do anything about their customers' constant and incessant
>> abuse of Usenet is futile.  It has been going on for decades now and
>> complaints to Google have never done any good.
>> 
>> Get off Google, and get onto a legitimate Usenet service.  Many of them
>> block postings from Google, and the ones that don't will allow you a
>> normal newsreader which has services to block this stuff.
>
>Who would you recommend as a legitimate Usenet service? Eternal 
>September seem to do what they can, but of late have swamped...

Eternal September is fine.  They are good people.  They can't filter
everything and they don't drop all Google postings, but they clear a 
good fraction of the trash out.  

>I also have an issue with news readers. I use Thunderbird, but for news 
>it is fairly rubbish

HERE is your problem.  You need a newsreader that will let you set up
regular expressions for killfiles.  I am still using the ancient tin
which may not have a very modern UI but has very effective killfilling.
Other folks here can probably recommend others.  Two lines in your killfile
will clear out all of the current spew.
--scott
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