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Default Blocking Gmail

Default User wrote:
> Harry wrote:
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>>
>> "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.
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