Selling Stuff

On Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:27 -0500, "Roger"
scribbled:

Why are people listing their junk on here for sale. It has nothing to do with graphics or even Photoshop. Someone please stop it as now the group is becoming an E-Bay selling shop.

It’s called SPAM, dolt.

Roger wrote:

Why are people listing their junk on here for sale. It has nothing to do with graphics or even Photoshop. Someone please stop it as now the group is becoming an E-Bay selling shop.

You are speaking of SPAM wherein they perps get money for any fool who clicks on their posts’ web link.

The only cure is to kill them. Behead them. Or something.

They would ruin usenet and not care a bit.

On Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:27 -0500, Roger wrote:

Why are people listing their junk on here for sale.

It’s everywhere. People are talking advantage of the openness of usenet, and desperately wringing every last dime they can from the system before it collapses. If only one in a thousand people clicks on a spam link, that keeps the spam juggernaut going. Spam would die tomorrow if people followed these three rules: *never* quote spam, click on links, or directly respond to the spam in any way.

To protect yourself from spam, switch to a different usenet provider, with better filtering, such as www.motzarella.org. Also consider paying or donating several dollars a year to a service like this, that does better filtering.

I subscribe to a.g.p from two news providers at the same time: att (free with my DSL connection) and motzarella.org (a free usenet service). The att news groups are seeing a pulse of spam at the moment, while the motzarella news groups have little or no spam.

Finally, usetnet is in decline, though far from dead. Although I will personally be here until someone turns out the lights, the best Photoshop discussion is no longer here in Usenet, but on web based boards such as www.dgrin.com, luminous-landscape.com, and www.retouchpro.com . No spam, no flaming, the ability to post images, and a higher level of expertise. If you have not yet looked at them, you are in for a pleasant surprise. —
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Mike Russell found these unused words:

On Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:27 -0500, Roger wrote:

Why are people listing their junk on here for sale.

It’s everywhere. People are talking advantage of the openness of usenet, and desperately wringing every last dime they can from the system before it collapses. If only one in a thousand people clicks on a spam link, that keeps the spam juggernaut going. Spam would die tomorrow if people followed these three rules: *never* quote spam, click on links, or directly respond to the spam in any way.

To protect yourself from spam, switch to a different usenet provider, with better filtering, such as www.motzarella.org. Also consider paying or donating several dollars a year to a service like this, that does better filtering.

I subscribe to a.g.p from two news providers at the same time: att (free with my DSL connection) and motzarella.org (a free usenet service). The att news groups are seeing a pulse of spam at the moment, while the motzarella news groups have little or no spam.

Finally, usetnet is in decline, though far from dead. Although I will personally be here until someone turns out the lights, the best Photoshop discussion is no longer here in Usenet, but on web based boards such as www.dgrin.com, luminous-landscape.com, and www.retouchpro.com . No spam, no flaming, the ability to post images, and a higher level of expertise. If you have not yet looked at them, you are in for a pleasant surprise.

What’s "sadder" about this spammer, is that the accounts have been deactivated!

Useless to him/her/it and an annoyance to all.

There’ll always be a few that think THEY are ‘important’!
[Get the ‘R’s out, buddy, to find the truth!]

On Fri, 22 May 2009 08:40:36 -0700, Sir F. A. Rien
wrote:

What’s "sadder" about this spammer, is that the accounts have been deactivated!

Useless to him/her/it and an annoyance to all.

There’ll always be a few that think THEY are ‘important’!
[Get the ‘R’s out, buddy, to find the truth!]

What is even more sad is the fact this sentence:………. "X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers" ……… is there for some or another joke or to fill space. Reporting anything to Google (or Google Groups) is worthless.

Dave found these unused words:

On Fri, 22 May 2009 08:40:36 -0700, Sir F. A. Rien
wrote:

What’s "sadder" about this spammer, is that the accounts have been deactivated!

Useless to him/her/it and an annoyance to all.

There’ll always be a few that think THEY are ‘important’!
[Get the ‘R’s out, buddy, to find the truth!]

What is even more sad is the fact this sentence:………. "X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers" ……… is there for some or another joke or to fill space. Reporting anything to Google (or Google Groups) is worthless.

Didn’t bother with Goggle [or Gaggle!], went right to the host where he/she/it had an account!

KaPOW! Right in the kisser! {Ralph Cramden}