I used to post on here on a regular basis, although have been a bit
slack because of work pressures. The one thing I have noticed is the
massive amount of posts that don't relate to anything. Great site for
buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going to get regulated
as it must put off potential new posters.

Stu
www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk
www.cateringforums.net

(Stu) wrote in
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Great site for buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going
to get regulated as it must put off potential new posters.


It's not a "site", it's a newsgroup. This is not a moderated
newsgroup.

Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

Ironically, almost every single watch-related piece of spam you're
complaining about comes from your googlegroups companions, and google
shows absolutely no interest in doing anything about it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Stu) wrote in
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Great site for buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going
to get regulated as it must put off potential new posters.


It's not a "site", it's a newsgroup. This is not a moderated
newsgroup.

Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

can you offer a couple sugestions along these lines? Are any of these free?
Thanks. Is there a newsgroup that has its content to adress these
questions?


Ironically, almost every single watch-related piece of spam you're
complaining about comes from your googlegroups companions, and google
shows absolutely no interest in doing anything about it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

(Gil Faver) wrote in
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which
actually cares about the service they provide, and get a real news
reading client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

can you offer a couple sugestions along these lines? Are any of
these free? Thanks. Is there a newsgroup that has its content to
adress these questions?

While not exactly free, news.individual.net is nearly free, and is
very well regarded for providing a nearly clean newsreading
experience.

http://www.individual.net/

Readfreenews.com has several connection options, some text only, some
with binaries and different lengths of article retention.

http://www.readfreenews.com/

Octanews is a full-service (binaries included) provider, but I don't
know what their pricing structure is.

http://www.octanews.com/

There's a number of other commercial, full-service providers out
there; a google search should turn them up for you.

The newsgroup "alt.free.newsservers" is where folks talk about open
access servers.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:58:08 GMT, "Gil Faver" wrote:

Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

Good advice.

can you offer a couple sugestions along these lines? Are any of these free?

The newsreader (Thunderbird) included in the Firefox browser is s good choice.
If you're a techie type, Gravity or xnews are good choices. I've used Agent (or
FreeAgent) for many years.

And the server at news.motzarella.org is free, if your ISP doesn't offer a news
server (most ISPs do).

HTH -- Larry

pltrgyst wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:58:08 GMT, "Gil Faver" wrote:

Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

Good advice.

can you offer a couple sugestions along these lines? Are any of these free?

The newsreader (Thunderbird) included in the Firefox browser is s good choice.
If you're a techie type, Gravity or xnews are good choices. I've used Agent (or
FreeAgent) for many years.

And the server at news.motzarella.org is free, if your ISP doesn't offer a news
server (most ISPs do).

HTH -- Larry

I use the Thunderbird newsreader and find it's just fine for my needs.
It has decent filtering properties.

For a news server, I've been with Astraweb. www.news.astraweb.com for 3
years. I bought their $10 25GB service and haven't even made a dent in
it. I don't do any binary groups so that $10 will be a lifetime supply
for me. I find their support to be quite good, too.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Stu wrote:

I used to post on here on a regular basis, although have been a bit
slack because of work pressures. The one thing I have noticed is the
massive amount of posts that don't relate to anything. Great site for
buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going to get regulated
as it must put off potential new posters.

You need to killfile all posts coming from Google Groups.

-sw

Bert Hyman wrote:

(Stu) wrote in
:

Great site for buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going
to get regulated as it must put off potential new posters.


It's not a "site", it's a newsgroup. This is not a moderated
newsgroup.

Abandon googlegroups, subscribe to a real news provider which actually
cares about the service they provide, and get a real news reading
client with filtering capabilities; you'll be much happier.

The solution does not lie in an ISP/NSP who filters posts, though
getting an ISP or NSP to provide you with Usenet access is
mandatory.

The only responsobilityy a Usenet provider has is to encourage
Google to cut out all this spam - which NONE of them are doing right
now. Usenet providers should put an ultimatum to Google Groups -
shape up, or cut them off completely (not by filtering their posts,
but simply refusing to accept or foreward their posts).

-sw

"Sqwertz" wrote in message
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Stu wrote:

I used to post on here on a regular basis, although have been a bit
slack because of work pressures. The one thing I have noticed is the
massive amount of posts that don't relate to anything. Great site for
buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going to get regulated
as it must put off potential new posters.

You need to killfile all posts coming from Google Groups.


can you do that with Outlook Express?

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. I don't need a watch but I
am looking to expand my company's online presence through groups and
blogs. I like the concept of this group just not all the extra posts.

I am going to join, post messages and comments and hope that someone
gets something out of what I have to say. Maybe my message will not
get lost.

Jerry
www.myposprinter.com
www.blog.myposprinter.com

Stu wrote:
I used to post on here on a regular basis, although have been a bit
slack because of work pressures. The one thing I have noticed is the
massive amount of posts that don't relate to anything. Great site for
buying a watch on, but I wondered if it is ever going to get regulated
as it must put off potential new posters.

Stu
www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk
www.cateringforums.net

I don't need a watch but I
am looking to expand my company's online presence through groups and
blogs. I like the concept of this group just not all the extra posts.

Newsgroups are not for "companies" -- "expanding a company's online
prescence" usually means exactly the inappropriate watch sales offers you
are complaining about --it's called SPAM.


I am going to join, post messages and comments and hope that someone
gets something out of what I have to say. Maybe my message will not
get lost.

Jerry

You don't need to "join" anything, just post, and your posts will stand out
as long as they are about the theme of the newsgroup -- nobody reads the
SPAM except dumbass newbies and Google groupies. Get a good newsreader.