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Re: filtering Tramp
de Gary R. Schmidt 05/21/2006 11:50
Ian Jackson wrote:
> In message <xn0emgjl72598rv001@news.readfreenews.net>, badgolferman
> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> writes
>
>> FTR, 5/20/2006,6:27:22 PM, wrote:
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>>> How can I filter the Tramp troll? I use Thunderbird , latest version,
>>> and don't see many possibilities.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> If your newsreader is that difficult to use find a different one.
>> Otherwise just ignore his posts. How hard is it to just scroll past
>> them?
>
>
> Why filter his posts?
> A few are actually potentially interesting.
It's not (primarily) the content - it's the flooding that's the problem.
He spends months gathering the links, and then dumps them all at once.
(I can't recall when last assaulted us, it must have been quite some
time ago, googling... looks like February, but I could be wrong).
Add in his habit of including spyware to annoy some people he makes
AAFussy look almost post-pubescent.
And he changes his name so that his messages are harder to filter, which
is classic usenet-troll behaviour.
So, we end up with a clogged newsgroup, and something _else_ of interest
may slide by, and threads requesting Tramp to go and play in the traffic.
Cheers,
Gary B-)
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