"BobS" <noone@noplace.com> wrote in
<news:zHNbg.304$W97.270@twister.nyroc.rr.com>:
> Maybe I missed something but all I've seen so far from "Tramp" is
> a lot of listings of freeware sites and short descriptions of the
> programs. Haven't seen any troll like posts or spam or anything
> else that should make anyone angry with him - much less filter his
> posts out. This is the freeware newsgroup and every post I've
> read from him has been 100% on-topic.
He throws ad/spyware into his floods intentionally, in order to annoy
the folks who don't like it.
> But just so no one can say I wasn't on-topic too, you can download
> NewsProxy (GNU) by Mark Burkley and Glen Harman. Just Google for
> it.
There have been a few recent threads about using it. BTW, it's not a
GNU program, but they did release it under the GNU GPL.