Download FixNews and dump the trash

Spammers never quit, so download FixNews for Netscape 3 or 4, if that's
what you use. The filtering is great, but isn't transparently usable.
You need to view the Help files for information on "wildcards" and edit
the "Killfile.txt" file manually. Add the following to killfile crap
posted by the spammer who posts Subjects all in caps as above:

AuthorX=@*becomerichs*

where X is the next line of the killfiles authors in the text file. And
be sure to put Jon Banquer and Cliffy in there:

AuthorX=@*jon banquer*
AuthorX=@*jon_banquer*
AuthorX=@**

BTW, the @ symbol means "regardless of case" and the * is a wildcard
just as you would use it in a DOS batch file.

Further BTW, in the Options tab of the FixNews popup dialog box be sure
to UNcheck the Easy Scrolling option. It messes up right-click flyout
menus in Netscape.

'Sporky'

 

Spork,

Could you share what you know on low cost/no cost news servers?

 

News SERVERS, Amigo? Or news readers? Don't know much about low/no
cost SERVERS. My Usenet service comes via my ISP (Bellsloth) and of
course I have to pay for service. Their (sorry a$$) Usenet news server
comes with the package. I use Google for the archives -- and that's all
I use it for. As far as news READERS are concerned, I like Netscape,
but Mozilla has a free email/news client called Thunderbird. It's a lot
like Netscape (no surprise, since Netscape was based on Mozilla).

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Charlotte, NC

 

They do after they lose their accounts and their Sites,
often several times, mostly, I think.
It becomes a lose-lose thing.
One of the keys is to get their accounts killed off
rapidly.

 

Then you'l miss these words of wisdom <G>.

 

Hey TOP (Paul),

I have Comcast here and they were using giganews which was OK, but they just
went to their own news server, total crap so far (I'm sure it will get
better)!!
Anyway, someone here pointed me to news.excelonline.com and it is VERY
responsive, almost immediate.

FWIW,
Muggs

BTW, I'm glad you like the monicor. Do I get a royalty???

 

Hmmm.


[jim@littlebit jim]$ telnet newsgroups.comcast.net 119
Trying 216.196.97.136...
Connected to newsgroups.comcast.net (216.196.97.136).
Escape character is '^]'.
200 News.GigaNews.Com


[jim@littlebit jim]$ dig -x 216.196.97.136

; <<>> DiG 9.3.0 <<>> -x 216.196.97.136
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50990
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;136.97.196.216.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
136.97.196.216.in-addr.arpa. 86332 IN PTR comcast.dca.giganews.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
97.196.216.in-addr.arpa. 86332 IN NS ns1.ams.giganews.com.
97.196.216.in-addr.arpa. 86332 IN NS ns1.dca.giganews.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.ams.giganews.com. 172732 IN A 216.196.109.139
ns1.dca.giganews.com. 172732 IN A 216.196.97.139

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug 2 18:04:15 2005
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 155


It's *still* Giganews.



Jim S.

 

Well Jim,

Whatever you just is well over my pea brain, but I'll take your word for it.
But it's not as responsive as it was!?!

Muggs

 

If we could just get Google to allow filtering. Unfortunately, my only
access to usenet at work is via Google :<

cd