Ronald Huttner wrote...
> Well, I am using a comparatively new News-Reader for Mac, known as
> "Nemo". Whenever I respond to a posting on aus.legal, it automatically
> advises me to which other newsgroups the original posting was also
> sent, and gives me the option to send me reply to those other
As should all newsreaders. Certainly Agent does.
> newsgroups as well. I never take up that option, and reply only to
> aus.legal. But what it DOES show me is that the overwhelming bulk of
> the aus.legal political and climate-change loonies, racists and
> anti-semitic scumbags, (You all know who I mean), ALWAYS cross-post
Does that mean me (to those who haven't seen it, Ronald reckons that I'm
anti-semetic because I don't like the way Israel treats the Palestinians)?
> their ravings to every conceivable newsgroup that they can think of.
> Not content with ruining one newsgroup, they are so selfish and so
> wrapped-up in their own self-importance that they find it necessary to
> ruin as many others as they possibly can. Pests !!!
That's why I use something like Newsproxy or nFilter, a filtering proxy server
that runs as a front end for your newsreader. It's no longer supported but works
well in containing the crap that the loonies post, including that silly twat
going the rounds with MI5.
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