Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys, please
switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on an
individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

Dave Bugg wrote:
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys, please
switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on an
individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.




I don't see much spam here. I guess my filters work.

JD

In article ,
JD wrote:

Dave Bugg wrote:
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys, please
switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on an
individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.




I don't see much spam here. I guess my filters work.

JD

I never noted before that you used "gstringmail.com".

That's clever. ;-)
--
Peace, Om
Remove underscore to validate gmails.

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have
come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
-- Mark Twain

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
JD wrote:

Dave Bugg wrote:
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys, please
switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on an
individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.



I don't see much spam here. I guess my filters work.

JD

I never noted before that you used "gstringmail.com".

That's clever. ;-)

It's a little more relevant to the guitar group I
post to g

In article ,
JD wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
JD wrote:

Dave Bugg wrote:
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've
decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy
reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys,
please
switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on
an
individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.



I don't see much spam here. I guess my filters work.

JD

I never noted before that you used "gstringmail.com".

That's clever. ;-)

It's a little more relevant to the guitar group I
post to g

Indeed... lol
--
Peace, Om
Remove underscore to validate gmails.

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have
come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
-- Mark Twain

Dave, does this mean you can't read a post if it comes through Google
groups as well? I don't have Gmail, but I do post through Google
groups as my ISP is so damn retarded (ATT/DSL) they can't get their
newsgroup server to 1) work correctly 2) stay online or 3) to keep
from losing posts.

I love the service/price otherwise as we don't have much competition
for high speed around here making the plan I have literally 50% less
than cable for the same speed.

I noticed I wasn't in your favorites list (ha! kidding...) so it won't
be a great loss, but just wondering here if you can see my posts.

Robert

wrote:
Dave, does this mean you can't read a post if it comes through Google
groups as well?

Not at all, Robert.

I noticed I wasn't in your favorites list (ha! kidding...) so it won't
be a great loss, but just wondering here if you can see my posts.

I only mentioned the two names because I know for sure that they use gmail.
Believe me, I don't want to miss anyone 'cause (sniffles) I love you all,
bro. :-O

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

wrote in message
...
Dave, does this mean you can't read a post if it comes through Google
groups as well? I don't have Gmail, but I do post through Google
groups as my ISP is so damn retarded (ATT/DSL) they can't get their
newsgroup server to 1) work correctly 2) stay online or 3) to keep
from losing posts.

My AT&T news server performs much better than what you describe. Try
news.kc.sbcglobal.net. If you are an ATT subscriber you may be able to hook
up. Also, the folks on sbcglobal.help.tech.newsgroups are knowledgeable and
friendly about helping with such problems.

I sure wish my DSL speed was a match for the cable speed around here, but
its sure a lot cheaper, and plenty fast enough for me.

Marty

"Dave Bugg" wrote in message
news:Qekuj.6901$fZ3.3763@trndny02...
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've decided
to block the domain. There are several of you that I really enjoy reading,
like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose posts I will miss (guys,
please switch).

Hotmail and Yahoo have very few spam originators compared to Gmail. The
sheer volume of Gmail spammers have just become too unwieldy to block on
an individual basis.

Please note that I've cross-posted this message, so please remove other
groups before replying.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

I'm about to retreat from this domain too Dave. The blessed speed at which
the thing loads is stressfull.

Harry

Dave Bugg wrote:
wrote:
Dave, does this mean you can't read a post if it comes through Google
groups as well?

Not at all, Robert.

I noticed I wasn't in your favorites list (ha! kidding...) so it won't
be a great loss, but just wondering here if you can see my posts.

I only mentioned the two names because I know for sure that they use gmail.
Believe me, I don't want to miss anyone 'cause (sniffles) I love you all,
bro. :-O


Do I hear "kumbaya" in the background? ;-)

--
Steve

Harry wrote:


"Dave Bugg" wrote in message
news:Qekuj.6901$fZ3.3763@trndny02...
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've
decided to block the domain. There are several of you that I
really enjoy reading, like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose
posts I will miss (guys, please switch).

I'm about to retreat from this domain too Dave. The blessed speed at
which the thing loads is stressfull.

It really hasn't been that big of a problem for me. Between
news.individual.net's filters, and my own set, most of the spam is
blocked before reaching me, without the need to block an entire domain.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User wrote:
Harry wrote:


"Dave Bugg" wrote in message
news:Qekuj.6901$fZ3.3763@trndny02...
Gmail spammers have so loaded down usenet with junk spam that I've
decided to block the domain. There are several of you that I
really enjoy reading, like Om and HeyBub, who use Gmail and whose
posts I will miss (guys, please switch).

I'm about to retreat from this domain too Dave. The blessed speed at
which the thing loads is stressfull.

It really hasn't been that big of a problem for me. Between
news.individual.net's filters, and my own set, most of the spam is
blocked before reaching me, without the need to block an entire
domain.

I hear that, Brian. But I'm not going to change newservers because they
don't filter a rogue domain as well. The problem is gmail, not the lack of
filtering.
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

On Feb 18, 4:42 pm, "Dave Bugg" wrote:

I only mentioned the two names because I know for sure that they use gmail.
Believe me, I don't want to miss anyone 'cause (sniffles) I love you all,
bro. :-O

Damnit, Dave... I laughed so hard I spewed my coffee.

Knock it off already.

I am laughing so hard now I can barely type.

Robert

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:47:33 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

Dave, does this mean you can't read a post if it comes through Google
groups as well? I don't have Gmail, but I do post through Google
groups as my ISP is so damn retarded (ATT/DSL) they can't get their
newsgroup server to 1) work correctly 2) stay online or 3) to keep
from losing posts.

You might do one of the following:

Get a 'Basic Basic' one year account at Newsguy--$39.95 for one year
is damn' good. And that includes some other goodies like webspace,
carryover of unused bandwidth, etc. And good spam-filtering with
SpamHippo.

Or, if you don't want to spend $40, how about $4? That's the one-time
setup fee at Teranews, which is thereafter free. Warning,
though--Teranews is down rather often. Good completion rate and
retention times, though.

There's also a news server in Germany that's like 10 Euro a year.
100% text-only, I understand. (Teranews and Newsguy include binary
groups)

I've been using Newsguy for some years now and recommmend 'em highly.

I also use Teranews, its 'brother' Bubbanews, and my isp's (Comcast)
news provider, which is, iirc, Supernews. I use the Hamster Classic
to combine all these together and read from Hamster using Agent.

"Every single religion that has a monotheistic god
winds up persecuting someone else."
-Philip Pullman
--
-denny-
(not as curmudgeonly as I useta be)

On Feb 18, 5:47 pm, "Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

My AT&T news server performs much better than what you describe. Try
news.kc.sbcglobal.net. If you are an ATT subscriber you may be able to hook
up.

I have beat myself to death trying to get their outsourced NG server
to work right. They have one that is assigned to my domain
(sbcglobal.net) that is in my area, and they say you can't hook up to
another one through ATT. Only the assigned NG server for you area/
domain.

Also, the folks on sbcglobal.help.tech.newsgroups are knowledgeable
and
friendly about helping with such problems.

Now that might be something to look into. All of my previous efforts
have been through foreign tech support. That caused all kinds of
problems, especially when I had to call back as the entire process
would start over again from their script book.

I sure wish my DSL speed was a match for the cable speed around here, but
its sure a lot cheaper, and plenty fast enough for me

DSL really worked out well for me. I don't have cable, satellite,
or any other kind of subscription service for TV. I can buy the 6 mps
for $35 a month, without any other purchase.

To get the a similar speed from Time Warner, I would have to have
basic cable and go up two tiers on the ladder to get their similar ISP
product. Cost from Time Warner (including mandatory basic cable
subscription) was $75 or so.

Since I rarely watch TV except for PBS, I didn't want to spend any
dough on cable, so it worked out great for me.

Robert