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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2008Suggestions Please - HELP! MI5 Spam
Folks, Is there any way I can read RPCA not via Google so that I can avoid all this bloody MI5 Spam? It was funny at first, but now it is seriously beginning to piss me off. Suggestions PLEASE!!! Helen M leopardusweidii@yahoo.co.uk wrote in news:379980ad-df62-4453-ae6b- 0b83e8d342ee@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M If you can't filter can you sort my subject so they group together for easier removal? I use a newsreader (Xnews) so I don't know what the google interface offers. Are you sure your internet provider does not have a news server? Then you could use a standard news program. Andy On Jan 1, 8:49 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M Fortunately (or not since I'm reading Google) they group together so I just skip them. Don't you have Agent? Someone got him thrown off his demon account, so now he uses a ton of the free ones. If it helps at all, he is a self described schizophrenic who stopped taking medicine because he believed the doctors were out to get him. I'm not even sure if his wesite is still available, but he used to be relatively normal, and could be spoken to at times (though not now it seems). If you are in Google, and I've misread you, I can tell you how to get them 'together' so long as no one responds to him. They are much easier to skip over that way. > If you are in Google, and I've misread you, I can tell you how to get > them 'together' so long as no one responds to him. They are much > easier to skip over that way. Yes please! The bloke is driving me barmy with his spam! It amused me at first, but now I'm just annoyed as I'm having to scroll through pages of crap. Thanks Helen M On Jan 1, 9:39 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > If you are in Google, and I've misread you, I can tell you how to get > > them 'together' so long as no one responds to him. They are much [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Helen M On the page where your messages are listed, chose the option (upper left) of topic list rather than topic summary (that just gives the subject line). Hoping it would look like this, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.pets.cats.anecdotes/topics; rather than this, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.pets.cats.anecdotes/topics?gvc=1 Also have the messages listed by latests message rather than first (you probably already have that). That set up lets you view subjects, and all the ones for him are together, unless he's replied to. It isn't great, but at least it makes him passable in a less "paging down" way. > On Jan 1, 9:39 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: >>> If you are in Google, and I've misread you, I can tell you how to get [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > together, unless he's replied to. It isn't great, but at least it > makes him passable in a less "paging down" way. The problem is every single one is different. > > On Jan 1, 9:39 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > >>> If you are in Google, and I've misread you, I can tell you how to get [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > - Show quoted text - If you set up to view the list rather than the summaries, he's easier to skip over. Once people write enough in, then he is on the second page. The summary has fewer messages shown, so you go through more pages trying to get around his stuff. It isn't perfect, but when you are not computer 'comfortable', installing something like Agent doesn't happen because DH (who I adore) can't be bothered to set it up for me, so... Google it is. On Jan 1, 11:21 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 8:49 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > them 'together' so long as no one responds to him. They are much > easier to skip over that way. It sounds as if he could be found and, um, well he could be found. I am sorry for the guy but, well, I hope someone finds hm and helps him soon. Will in New Haven -- "This is my ex-wife, the mother of my child, the devil incarnate" Paul Kantner, introducing Grace Slick On Jan 1, 10:51 am, Will in New Haven <bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 11:21 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Will in New Haven You'd have thought so, but as he is merely an annoyance, and apparently (I merely presume this portion) no threat to himself or others, there isn't much anyone can do for him. People cannot be forced to take their medication, even if they are considered a threat to others (i.e., the woman who took part in the abduction/rape of Elizabeth Smart in Utah). I've read portions of his website, and he was pretty well spoken, apparently well read, but just seeing things I didn't see. I feel for him, he truly believes what he says, but anymore, I just try to 'slip' over the stuff and not read. However, I will get into 'threads' about him, like this one, and maybe I can help. I know the other way of reading Google is horrible, as you get the subject and a portion of the post, so when he sends out many, like today, well, that takes up about two pages. The person who told me about the website, used to be on relatively friendly terms with the man, through newsgroups, but that has gone by the wayside. > "This is my ex-wife, the mother of my child, the devil incarnate" > Paul Kantner, introducing Grace Slick Still, Grace Slick is one of my favorite performers. Just wishing I could get ahold of one song she did solo (early 80s), as I really enjoyed it. And her comment to Merv Griffin was priceless: Merv: So, Gracie, how long have you been off drugs. Grace: <looking at watch> what time is it? Smokie Darling (Annie) On Jan 1, 1:13 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 10:51 am, Will in New Haven > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > Merv: So, Gracie, how long have you been off drugs. > Grace: <looking at watch> what time is it? The woman I was living with the last time I saw the Airplane almost left me in Akron after the concert because of the way she knew I felt (feel) about Grace Slick. We had an open relationship but she resented my _worshipping_ someone else. What song was it? I might have it. She probably _is_ the devil incarnate but I have been mad about her for forty years. Wow, forty years. I am so old. I just saw a video of her performing "Wooden Ships" with David Crosby and Graham Nash. The lack of a great lead guitarist like Jorma or Stills made it slightly odd but it was vocally interesting. It was done in the Eighties or Nineties, I would guess. Will in New Haven -- "There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go, no one may follow That path is for your steps alone" Robert Hunter, Greatful Dead, "Ripple" off AMERICAN BEAUTY > Smokie Darling (Annie) On Jan 1, 5:58 pm, Will in New Haven <bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 1:13 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] > probably _is_ the devil incarnate but I have been mad about her for > forty years. Wow, forty years. I am so old. One is supposed to *worship* ones rock'n'roll gods, did she not know this? We worship them because to get too close would burn us (like Icarus) and throw us to the ground. You aren't old. Pfft. I loved Jim Morrison my self (lol), and Jimi Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen years. The song she did was called Dreams. So was the album (yes, I said album, vinyl... now who's old?). There is an "enhanced" CD on Amazon, but I just really want that one song (whine, whine, whine). I'm getting very close to just buying the thing, and dealing with fallout later. > I just saw a video of her performing "Wooden Ships" with David Crosby > and Graham Nash. The lack of a great lead guitarist like Jorma or > Stills made it slightly odd but it was vocally interesting. It was > done in the Eighties or Nineties, I would guess. I never understood why Marty Balin thought he do the singing that she used to do. At least that was always the rumo(u)r I'd heard. She has the most distinguishable voice, and even if she did do all those drugs, she managed not to lose the voice through all that. > Will in New Haven > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > That path is for your steps alone" > Robert Hunter, Greatful Dead, "Ripple" off AMERICAN BEAUTY and how is it that a fellow Deadhead is around, and I didn't sniff you out? Hmm??? > You aren't old. Pfft. I loved Jim Morrison my self (lol), and Jimi > Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen > years. Oh, c'mon, please? Tell us!! Can't be any worse than my taste at that age. :) In high school, I liked Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, and... this is the embarrassing one... <cringe> OK, I'm showing you mine, so you have to show me yours, LOL... the Fifth Dimension! Please don't laugh me off the newsgroup! :) (I used to say that they were the only white group in that list. :) The Beatles had far more soul than they did!) Joyce  SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Jan 2, 12:12 am, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote: > > You aren't old. Pfft. I loved Jim Morrison my self (lol), and Jimi > > Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > off the newsgroup! :) (I used to say that they were the only white group > in that list. :) The Beatles had far more soul than they did!) What's so embarrassing about the Fifth Dimension? I loved them too. No, mine is worse. I like all those guys before I was 10 (lol). When I was 12, I discovered ... ahem ... The Bay City Rollers. There, I said it. NOw they are all old and gross or in jail for pedophilia (which is just beyond gross, but I digress). > Joyce > > -- > To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Jan 2, 7:49 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: . NOw they are all old and gross or in jail for pedophilia > (which is just beyond gross, but I digress). Only their manager got done for paedophilia- and I was quite a Gary Glitter fan in the 70's so we share a shame there! (And I loved Genesis who were discovered by Jonathan King) I was a T.Rex fan at that age (or thereabouts due to my dad banning all pop music in the house it wasn't until about '72 I got into the forbidden fruit of pop!) when Elvis died my mum woke me up with the news and I said "Why bother me with that?" and then she didn't tell me Marc had died! I was also into Alice Cooper and still am to this day Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > On Jan 2, 7:49 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Glitter fan in the 70's so we share a shame there! (And I loved > Genesis who were discovered by Jonathan King) Derek Longmuir may not have done time, but he did get busted for child porn. He was the drummer. I can't even remember their manager's name (Tam something or other), how sad is that? Genesis, but only post Peter Gabriel. I also like Phil Collins, rather alot (lol), he's just fun. I've recently started listening to Snow Patrol, a young man named Shawn Hlookoff, and 3 Doors Down. Mostly found them from youtube videos of other things, done to the music by these artists (and others). > I was a T.Rex fan at that age (or thereabouts due to my dad banning > all pop music in the house it wasn't until about '72 I got into the > forbidden fruit of pop!) when Elvis died my mum woke me up with the > news and I said "Why bother me with that?" and then she didn't tell me > Marc had died! I seem to remember them (him). He died in a motorbike crash, yeah? I liked Elton John, the aforementioned BCR, then went into the Bee Gees and disco, then went into 80s "hair metal", but beneath it all, I had the base of Jimi, Janis, The Doors (et al), that I never lost. > I was also into Alice Cooper and still am to this day Poison by AC is one of my more favorite tunes. Though I have loved his over-the-top stuff for years and years. On Jan 5, 1:46 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Derek Longmuir may not have done time, but he did get busted for child > porn. He was the drummer. I can't even remember their manager's name > (Tam something or other), Tam Paton how sad is that? Genesis, but only post > Peter Gabriel. I also like Phil Collins, rather alot (lol), he's just > fun. Sorry post Gabriel Genesis only produced a few good tracks- I mean the band that gave us "Guanteered Eternal Sanctuary Man" ended up with "I caa't dance" > I've recently started listening to Snow Patrol, a Okay not bad > I seem to remember them (him). He died in a motorbike crash, yeah? He died in a mini car driven by his wife, which hit a tree then again of that band most of them died in vehicle accidents so you might be thinking of someone else (He started as a two piece then went into a four piece and out of five or six musicians I think one is left standing, I think it's 3 car or bike accidents, one after years of drug abuse and one choked on death on a cocktail cherry) > > I was also into Alice Cooper and still am to this day > > Poison by AC is one of my more favorite tunes. Though I have loved > his over-the-top stuff for years and years. Some of the Brutal Planet and Dragontown stuff is ace! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > On Jan 5, 1:46 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tam Paton All I could think of was Tam O'Shanter (lol), and I knew that wasn't right, though he shoulda worn one instead what I recall was a bad comb over. > how sad is that? Genesis, but only post > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > band that gave us "Guanteered Eternal Sanctuary Man" ended up with "I > caa't dance" There was about a 3 year span that I liked Genesis (post Gabriel and pre I Can't Dance). I liked one song by Mike and Mechanics, I liked a couple of Gabriel solo songs. Don't really know why I didn't care for them when he was with 'em, just didn't. Will have to check out GESM and see what I've missed (as I have matured a bit, not much I'll grant you, but a bit). > > I seem to remember them (him). He died in a motorbike crash, yeah? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > standing, I think it's 3 car or bike accidents, one after years of > drug abuse and one choked on death on a cocktail cherry) I just remember a motorbike (not even us 'merkins' would consider a Mini a motorcycle, lol) accident, and presumed it was Marc. Then there was that 'lovely' remake of Bang a Gong by the group in the 80s (Power Station, I remember now)... >>> how sad is that? Genesis, but only post Peter Gabriel. I also >>> like Phil Collins, rather alot (lol), he's just fun. >> Sorry post Gabriel Genesis only produced a few good tracks- I mean the >> band that gave us "Guanteered Eternal Sanctuary Man" ended up with "I >> caa't dance" > There was about a 3 year span that I liked Genesis (post Gabriel and > pre I Can't Dance). I liked one song by Mike and Mechanics, I liked a > couple of Gabriel solo songs. Don't really know why I didn't care for > them when he was with 'em, just didn't. Will have to check out GESM > and see what I've missed (as I have matured a bit, not much I'll grant > you, but a bit). I always liked that song "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" or something like that. It's really old, early to mid 70s. Definitely Genesis *with* Peter Gabriel. I'm not all that familiar with the other songs/albums from that era of Genesis, though. I was never a big prog rock fan. Don't hate it or anything, it just wasn't my favorite. I really liked Genesis during the 80s. One song that really stands out to me is called "Taking It All Too Hard". It's a bit obscure. "That's All", a much bigger hit, was another song I relaly liked. And ABACAB is really great, especially the live version. Other good ones: "Turn It On Again", "Land of Confusion". I have liked some of Peter Gabriel's solo music, up to the "So" album (1986). After that I stopped paying attention to him. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. >I was also into Alice Cooper and still am to this day Does it make any difference to know that Alice is a scratch golfer these days? I guess he can afford to play every day. Bud > Does it make any difference to know that Alice is a scratch golfer > these days? I guess he can afford to play every day. And? I just like the music I am not really that much into a musicians personal life. If Alice wants to play with his small balls let him! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (I used to say that they were the > only white group in that list. :) Well, this makes it forgivable. That is very funny. > Joyce Smokie Darling (Annie) kirjoitti: > The song she did was called Dreams. So was the album (yes, I said > album, vinyl... now who's old?). There is an "enhanced" CD on > Amazon, but I just really want that one song (whine, whine, whine). > I'm getting very close to just buying the thing, and dealing with > fallout later. Have you tried looking for the song on music download sites? I've been downloading music like mad lately. I could check out some sites for that song too. Was it Grace Slick's song? Just asking coz there seem to be a lot of songs called Dreams... SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com > Smokie Darling (Annie) kirjoitti: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Christine in Laitila, Finland > christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com I have, at least the ones I know, it isn't available. Only the older stuff or newer stuff. All the songs called Dreams are not even that song, that is what is so annoying. Okay, the youtube vid sucks, but you can hear the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfIeAOrGyAA I just really love this song, it hit a string when I was younger, and that string is still there when I hear it <blush>. On Jan 2, 12:08 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 5:58 pm, Will in New Haven <bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen > years. Janis. Sigh. I really didn't get _into_ music until I heard Janis and the Airplane. I sort of noticed the Beatles and the other "British Invasion" bands but I kept on listening to jazz and blues. > The song she did was called Dreams. So was the album (yes, I said > album, vinyl... now who's old?). There is an "enhanced" CD on > Amazon, but I just really want that one song (whine, whine, whine). > I'm getting very close to just buying the thing, and dealing with > fallout later. Well, that's a new one on me. I have most of her stuff and will have to find that one. > > I just saw a video of her performing "Wooden Ships" with David Crosby > > and Graham Nash. The lack of a great lead guitarist like Jorma or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the most distinguishable voice, and even if she did do all those > drugs, she managed not to lose the voice through all that. I thought that they worked well together, except that she should have been "in front" more. > > -- > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > and how is it that a fellow Deadhead is around, and I didn't sniff you > out? Hmm???- Oh, the Dead were not among my favorites back in the day. They were always behind at least Janis and the Airplane and a number of blues artists and Etta James and Emmylou Harris and I guess the lack of a female vocalist hurt them with me. The men I liked to listen to were all blues artists. But my brother's son and daughter were very big young deadheads and went to concerts and always had their songs playing when I would visit. And one day I heard AMERICAN BEAUTY all the way through a couple of times. The influence of my first musical love, the blues, and of my recent musical love, bluegrass, is all throught that album. And Robert Hunter's lyrics and all the tunes. After that, I sought out other Grateful Dead stuff and also found Old and In the Way, Jerry's bluegrass group. And now I am a latter-day Deadhead. Will in New Haven -- "Oh, I have seen the David, seen the Mona Lisa too And I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stocade Blues" Guy Clark - "Dublin Blues Hide quoted text - > - Show quoted text - On Jan 2, 9:06 am, Will in New Haven <bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote: > On Jan 2, 12:08 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > > You aren't old. Pfft. I loved Jim Morrison my self (lol), and Jimi > > Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the Airplane. I sort of noticed the Beatles and the other "British > Invasion" bands but I kept on listening to jazz and blues. My parents were very eclectic in their music choices. We went from Classical to Acid Rock. The only thing they weren't wild about was the discordnant stuff (St. Ives or someone like that?). They even got into punk when it came out. I was "exposed" to just about every kind of music made, and it was great. The sixties and early 70s in California were a great time to be into music. I used to have all of Airplane's albums (and 8 tracks), all of Janis' albums, two Jimi Albums, that were mine. Mom and dad would buy me which ever album of theirs I'd fallen in love with, so that I had my own. The invasion bands (with the notable exception of The Who) were just 'radio' music to me. Strange that I never considered Zeppelin to be an 'invasion' band, were they? > > The song she did was called Dreams. So was the album (yes, I said > > album, vinyl... now who's old?). There is an "enhanced" CD on [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Well, that's a new one on me. I have most of her stuff and will have > to find that one. If you view the link to youtube, it's actually her song, her voice. The ... not sure if he's a drag queen (the name suggests that), anyway, the dancer is mouthing the words, and the background noise is very annoying, but that's my song, and I love it. I just start the video, open another window and do other stuff while it's playing. > > I never understood why Marty Balin thought he do the singing that she > > used to do. At least that was always the rumo(u)r I'd heard. She has [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I thought that they worked well together, except that she should have > been "in front" more. I completely agree. She was just so talented. Now, she and Marty are the ones who "retired", and they won't let Kantner use Airplane nor Starship in the band he plays with these days (which may be why he considers her the Devil Incarnate). She had problems, I mean, who wouldn't coming out in the 60s, but I'd never heard that it affected her work (and it obviously didn't affect her voice). I guess Marty just wanted to be the BMOC or something. > > and how is it that a fellow Deadhead is around, and I didn't sniff you > > out? Hmm???- [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Will in New Haven Well better a late deadhead, than never one. I know their stuff when I hear it, but I'm at a loss to remember the song titles. They just had some great 'feels' to their music. > You aren't old. Pfft. I loved Jim Morrison my self (lol), and Jimi > Hendrix and Janis but we won't get into who I liked in my early teen > years. I would not say it was worhip because I never really worshipped even my favorite musicians (and music _was_ my life) but I was so angry when Morrison killed himself. The others did not affect me so much but with Jim it seemed he was going to do so much more and then he wasn't going to do anything. Very sad. > The song she did was called Dreams. So was the album (yes, I said > album, vinyl... now who's old?). There is an "enhanced" CD on > Amazon, but I just really want that one song (whine, whine, whine). > I'm getting very close to just buying the thing, and dealing with > fallout later. I once saw Grace at about 50 say it would be pathetic for her to get on stage and do what she did when she was young. > I never understood why Marty Balin thought he do the singing that she > used to do. At least that was always the rumo(u)r I'd heard. She has > the most distinguishable voice, and even if she did do all those > drugs, she managed not to lose the voice through all that. I still listen to Surrealistic Pillow pretty often. >> Will in New Haven > and how is it that a fellow Deadhead is around, and I didn't sniff you > out? Hmm??? Not a dead head but they are on my top list. If you get to see a DVD called Festival Express you will see Jerry Garcia telling Janis Joplin how much he loves her and that he always had a crush on her. This was while on the tour bus. Talk about heart breaking. The DVD is a must see in its own right but it can be very bitter-sweet if you were there when it all was happening. Andy On Jan 1, 10:51 am, Will in New Haven <bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 11:21 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > "This is my ex-wife, the mother of my child, the devil incarnate" > Paul Kantner, introducing Grace Slick rROFL Love your sig, Will, Gracie is now selling her "art" she rolled through MileHigh and had an exhibition of it here. I'd love to know how many buyers there were.... For the tormented rpca friend....we are not all cut from the same cookie cutter (except for cat love) but I just scroll through wacko's persecution posts...at least he has the decency to stick them all in one place and not pop them in here and there..... I get it on Outlook Express too and ignore it. It is a pain in neck and other places though. What did wedo to deserve it? SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M >I get it on Outlook Express too and ignore it. It is a pain in neck and >other places though. What did wedo to deserve it? Do you honestly believe this is the only news group he posts to? The fellow posts to every NG he can reach, including some empty ones. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere Are you talking about in this newsgroup? I've only seen two of those messages here. Joyce > I get it on Outlook Express too and ignore it. It is a pain in neck and > other places though. What did wedo to deserve it? > > Folks, > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Helen M SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:49:04 -0800, leopardusweidii wrote: > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Suggestions PLEASE!!! Let me put it this way: What MI5 spam? I use Pan and Agent with news.individual.net as the news server (http://news.individual.net>). It's a pay service (10 Euros a year) and it does require that you use a standard news client rather than a web browser. Pan is a free client, but there are other free news clients available, including one in Thunderbird. The Microsoft clients have a built-in trap: they encourage top posting, which is evil. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) > On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:49:04 -0800, leopardusweidii wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > browser. Pan is a free client, but there are other free news clients > available, including one in Thunderbird. > The Microsoft clients have a > built-in trap: they encourage top posting, which is evil. I use Outlook Express. It doesn't encourage top posting as far as I can see, so I am not sure what you mean. Tweed > "Ted Davis" <tdavis@umr.edu> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > as I > can see, so I am not sure what you mean. 1. When you "Reply to Group", the cursor is placed at the top of the post. 2. Line Wrap doesn't work correctly when quoting previous posts, especially when "nested". 3. Signatures don't follow the RFC convention, and OE strips out trailing spaces after the two dashes so that other clients don't recognise your .sig when others reply to you. 4. Conversely, OE doesn't strip out other people's signatures when you reply to continue a thread. Fortunately, there's a fix for all of these problems. Just Google for "OE Quotefix", download and install the software - and voilla! Robert is your father's brother! SignatureMatSav > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Suggestions PLEASE!!! Helen, is there a reason why you read groups through Google? When my ISP stopped providing a newsreader service I signed up to news.individual.net. It's provided by the University of Berlin, initially it was free, but now it costs me (IIRC) 10 euros per year and worth every penny. They filter out almost all newsgroup spam, although one or two do occasionally slip through. I think I've seen less than half a dozen of these MI5 posts *ever.* The downside is they do not support binary groups. When that flooding of thousands of posts of gobblededook took place a while back (do you remember it?) I was able to email them to alert them to block it and a "real person" replied to me about 10 minutes later saying words to the effect of "thanks for the heads-up, but we would have noticed it ourselves soon and taken the appropriate action." I believe it was at that time that Victor signed up to n.i.n. I heartily recommend them. Lots of folks here use them, I believe. You can set up filters, block sender, everything, unlike Google where you seem to get the lot. I've only used Google to read groups a couple of times when I was away from home and there is simply no comparison. HTH Tweed >Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Helen M Paid news group server (Easy News, Super News, Agent news server, etc.) and an off line message reader like Agent, Eudora, Thunderbird {free}, etc. so you can killfile easily. Reading Usenet groups via Google is like trying to hold a wildcat. Way more trouble than it's worth. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere In article <379980ad-df62-4453-ae6b-0b83e8d342ee@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M I get my news feed from news.individual.net, and I haven't been seeing them. There price is very reasonable. If you prefer a free server, aioe.org offers free news service. You could then use it with Free Agent or Pan (or MT Newswatcher if you're on a Mac) and filter by subject or author. Dan > I get my news feed from news.individual.net, and I haven't been seeing > them. There price is very reasonable. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dan Thanks to everyone who responded. I'll be sorting it as soon as I can and hopefully will be MI5 Spam free!!. :O) Helen M > > Suggestions PLEASE!!! > > Helen M > I get my news feed from news.individual.net, and I haven't been seeing > them. There price is very reasonable. Maybe we're not getting so much of it in the US? Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M Not and use google. That's why I pay the few dollars and use news.individual.net. They screen out that stuff most of the time. Jo > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M Most of his stuff is getting pushed through www.altopia.com at the moment. Might forward a batch of it to them. Meanwhile, I've got filters set up for a lot of the variations he's created for MI-5. It was a bit tedious, but so far, Thunderbird is doing a decent job of filtering them out. Happy New Year! Chris and the Fairfax Fur Factory > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Suggestions PLEASE!!! News.individual.net isn't showing any 'MI5' spam at all. Yes, it costs money (10 Euro a year, IIRC) but I think its well worth it. Far far better than reading via Google. But there are free news services (aeio comes to mind) that you could use. Outlook Express may not be the best newsreader, but it does have basic killfile services, and again, its free with Windows. Most ISPs still carry news, even if they don't particularly support it. Can you access the news feed via your ISP? Yowie > Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M I can't figure out a way either. It sucks.
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