"Martin" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:51:17 +0530, "grusl"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Martin" wrote in message
>>news:dci9v3h3mnh0tqa2ghmdprf2h6tr7g32fn@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:11:33 +0530, "grusl"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Magda" wrote in message
>>>>news:jlf9v3dnd0p0b1ac6i6vthg4mmfvf4qb6f@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:48:27 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
>>>>> arranged some electrons, so they looked
>>>>> like
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> ... "Martin" wrote in message
>>>>> ... news:h0e9v3pcvo5sgni5nplo3fnb9rq0iunpt0@4ax.com...
>>>>> ... > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:26:14 +0530, "grusl"
>>>>>
>>>>> ... > wrote:
>>>>> ... >
>>>>> ... >>
>>>>> ... >>"Martin" wrote in message
>>>>> ... >>news:1oc9v3h1kbik7415rbfkptuhoppgkevp6j@4ax.com...
>>>>> ... >>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:44:58 +0530, "grusl"
>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>> wrote:
>>>>> ... >>>
>>>>> ... >>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>"Martin" wrote in message
>>>>> ... >>>>news:7ia9v3lh94tr5oe59kckcujelere9sqo57@4ax.com...
>>>>> ... >>>>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:27:53 +0530, "grusl"
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>> wrote:
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
>>>>> wrote
>>>>> in
>>>>> ... >>>>>>message
>>>>> ... >>>>>>news:1ietf97.1fa59mq1okiynkN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> Martin wrote:
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> On another group somebody suggested deleting spam by
>>>>> filtering out
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> any
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> post with a .com or .net address from newsgroups. Can it
>>>>> really be
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> that
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> easy? It seems to work with the current examples of spam.
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> I think you'd have to whitelist a lot more people than if
>>>>> you
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> filtered
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> out google groups.
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>> That depends on whether I think those using it are worth
>>>>> keeping
>>>>> :o)
>>>>> ... >>>>> on the other hand I can have a filter that delete .com posts
>>>>> which
>>>>> ... >>>>> aren't
>>>>> ... >>>>> from
>>>>> ... >>>>> google groups.
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>A lot of posters here use .net I think. The ISP
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> filtering method suggested is probably the best I think-
>>>>> though I
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> can't
>>>>> ... >>>>>>> actually do that with the reader I use...
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>> Try the reader that can??
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>>>Even whitelisting seems to be beyond OE's limited scope as a
>>>>> ... >>>>>>newsreader.
>>>>> ... >>>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>> Then don't use it :o)
>>>>> ... >>>>
>>>>> ... >>>>We've been down this road.
>>>>> ... >>>
>>>>> ... >>> I must have missed it.
>>>>> ... >>>
>>>>> ... >>>>My choices in India are OE (or equivalent in
>>>>> ... >>>>Firefox) or Goggle Gropes.
>>>>> ... >>>
>>>>> ... >>> unless you are posting from work (as if), what's to stop you
>>>>> installing
>>>>> ... >>> the
>>>>> ... >>> news/mail reader of your choice?
>>>>> ... >>>
>>>>> ... >>
>>>>> ... >>I can only use Web-based newsreaders because there are no NNTP
>>>>> servers to
>>>>> ... >>connect to. Mixi says lack of NNTP servers suggests a lack of
>>>>> democracy in
>>>>> ... >>India.
>>>>> ... >
>>>>> ... > He would!
>>>>> ... >
>>>>> ... > I think I saw his suggestion that there was a lack of democracy.
>>>>> ... > So many posts so little memory to store the trivia. :o)
>>>>> ... >
>>>>> ... > Is the lack of NNTP servers the reason we don't get Indian spam?
>>>>> ... > Do you have to be in the country where the server is located to
>>>>> use
>>>>> it? I
>>>>> ... > don't
>>>>> ... > think so. I use both Italian and German news servers amongst
>>>>> others.
>>>>> ... >
>>>>> ...
>>>>> ... I'm sure my lack of knowledge is the main reason but I haven't
>>>>> encountered a
>>>>> ... way to access an overseas server; I think your ISP has to provide
>>>>> some
>>>>> kind
>>>>> ... of access.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try some of these:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.newsparrot.co.uk/
>>>
>>> There is lots wrong with the information on this website.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ... There seems to be plenty of Indian googlemail spam, even in r.t.e.
>>>>> Mostly of
>>>>> ... the HOT PUNJABI CHIXX .!!!! and moneymaking scam varieties. Not
>>>>> to
>>>>> ... mention the endless blogspot rubbish. There are hordes of "web
>>>>> content
>>>>> ... providers" here who write that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Punjabi girls are special, why? I'm curious.
>>>>
>>>>Not especially. It's just an example I've seen.
>>>
>>> The images stick in your mind. :o)
>>
>>A lot of Bollywood dance numbers are based on the mujra, a Punjabi dance
>>considered . by many.
>>
>>Er, so I'm told.
>
> Don't tell us you are a part time actor?
Not likely. My wife is a cultural aficionado. I spend many evenings snoozing
through all sorts of cultural events, but tiny packets of information enter
my head solely through osmosis.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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