In article <180320081805529263%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Maxwell Lol
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jeff <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> > Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
>> > those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
>> > penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>>
>> I THINK so, but I don't notice because of my killfiles.
>> Time to ditch googlegroups.
>>
>> Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
>> just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
>> not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
>> is not recommended right now.
>
>Supernews is being split. Giganews is taking the commercial side, and a
>new company (Supernews, Inc) is handling the consumer/personal
>accounts.
Supernews, Inc. is a newly formed subsidiary of Giganews. Same buyer for
everything.
>I can't find any reference to staff being let go. Can you provide a
>cite for that?
I can confirm (mostly). Virtually all of the supernews support people
have posted in one of the supernews support groups that they are _not_
transferring to the new company. A number have said explicitly that they
will not be working for the old owner after the ownership change, either.
there is, I believe, _one_ staffer 'not heard from, at all', and maybe
two more that haven't made it clear whether they'll remain with Critical
Path after the sale. Based on what _has_ been said, I would expect that
none of them will be at Critical Path after the sale, nor will they be
at Giganews.
Giganews _is_ acquiring the filter technology that Supernews had -- that
does go with the sale. Unclear whether they will (a) continue it at all,
(b) let it continue to run, but strictly on auto-pilot, or (c) keep it
current/updated like the old Supernews did.
/me is _really_ unhappy about the upcoming changes.
In article <[email protected]>, Maxwell Lol
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Jeff <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
> > those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
> > penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>
> I THINK so, but I don't notice because of my killfiles.
> Time to ditch googlegroups.
>
> Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
> just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
> not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
> is not recommended right now.
Supernews is being split. Giganews is taking the commercial side, and a
new company (Supernews, Inc) is handling the consumer/personal
accounts.
I can't find any reference to staff being let go. Can you provide a
cite for that?
Thanks.
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In article <[email protected]>, Maxwell Lol
<[email protected]> wrote:
> It's being discussed in NANAE:
But with no information about staffing, other than suspicious silence
from Andrew (Supernews)...
Time will tell...
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In article <[email protected]>, Maxwell Lol
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm also curious as to why Google hasn't set up some kind of filter
> > system,
>
> They don't care, unless it affects their google ads revenue.
Which is why I kill-file almost everything coming from Google. There
are few folks around here who unfortunately use it to post, but I can
filter them separately so they show up.
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:16:38 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What I am curious about is why they pay someone to spam newsgroups so
>heavily. I doubt it's possible they get enough responses to make the
>outlay worthwhile, even as cheap as it is.
Works on a referral per click, but a fraction of a penny per click.
Someone in India, or a third world country could be the difference of
having food or not.
If the UPD would be used maybe it could be cleaned up, though it would
have to be run through the committee of all committees.
Mark
Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Jeff <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
>> those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
>> penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>
> I THINK so, but I don't notice because of my killfiles.
> Time to ditch googlegroups.
>
> Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
> just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
> not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
> is not recommended right now.
>
>
>
>
After switching to a provider that doesn't do much filtering, I've come
up with some filters of my own (Note that these are regular expressions:
Subject: nude
Subject: nike
From: .*@yahoo\.com\.cn
Subject: sex
Subject: lesbian
Subject: work from home
Subject: work home
From: .*@aaa\-replica\-watch\.com
From: .*@cnreplicas\.com
From: .*@21cn\.com
From: .*@126\.com
They're not 100% effective, but they do reduce quite a bit of the spam.
Puckdropper
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Puckdropper <[email protected]> writes:
> From: .*@yahoo\.com\.cn
I'd use
From: .*\.cn
Subject: .*\.cn
I have about 150 subjects I killfile. I use a score system, so I can
override killed articles. Words like "cheap", "free" and "wholesale"
get killed.
Jeff <[email protected]> writes:
> Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
> those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
> penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
I THINK so, but I don't notice because of my killfiles.
Time to ditch googlegroups.
Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
is not recommended right now.
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> writes:
> In article <[email protected]>, Maxwell Lol
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
> > just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
> > not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
> > is not recommended right now.
>
> Supernews is being split. Giganews is taking the commercial side, and a
> new company (Supernews, Inc) is handling the consumer/personal
> accounts.
>
> I can't find any reference to staff being let go. Can you provide a
> cite for that?
It's being discussed in NANAE:
http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/browse_frm/thread/1e25866d9e50296f/d58f1391de9d1de5?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=supernews#d58f1391de9d1de5
Charlie Self <[email protected]> writes:
> What I am curious about is why they pay someone to spam newsgroups so
> heavily. I doubt it's possible they get enough responses to make the
> outlay worthwhile, even as cheap as it is.
All you need is one out of 10,000 to respond to make a profit.
Sadly, the cost to increase the number of spams from 5 million to 50
million is just pennies. After all - they are not paying for the
bandwidth.
> I'm also curious as to why Google hasn't set up some kind of filter
> system,
They don't care, unless it affects their google ads revenue.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> >
>
> After switching to a provider that doesn't do much filtering, I've come
> up with some filters of my own (Note that these are regular expressions:
> Subject: nude
> Subject: nike
> From: .*@yahoo\.com\.cn
> Subject: sex
> Subject: lesbian
> Subject: work from home
> Subject: work home
> From: .*@aaa\-replica\-watch\.com
> From: .*@cnreplicas\.com
> From: .*@21cn\.com
> From: .*@126\.com
>
> They're not 100% effective, but they do reduce quite a bit of the spam.
Try replacing them with this one:
Message-ID: googlegroups
"Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0f94b010-2f7a-4cb9-a82e-9ad5f2dd93c3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
> those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
> penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>
> Jeff
Dam those Monty Python Characters.
On Mar 18, 12:35 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
> those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
> penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>
> Jeff
I have to get an expert on my machine so I can get the rec on
something other than Google, at least until Google starts offering
some kind of filtering. I'm tired of all these people having to worry
about my watches, Gucci clothing, penis size and such.
What I am curious about is why they pay someone to spam newsgroups so
heavily. I doubt it's possible they get enough responses to make the
outlay worthwhile, even as cheap as it is.
I'm also curious as to why Google hasn't set up some kind of filter
system, even if optional and something you had to pay a buck or six
for each month. Rather than futz around with newsreaders elsewhere, I
think a bunch of people would jump on that, and I'd probably spring
first or damned close to it.
Maxwell Lol wrote:
> Jeff <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Is it just me or has the spam volume increased dramatically? As one of
>> those northeastern libtards, I'm adamantly opposed to the death
>> penalty but I'm willing to make an exception for these fscks...
>
> I THINK so, but I don't notice because of my killfiles.
> Time to ditch googlegroups.
>
> Yesterday I was recommending Supernews for their spam filtering, but I
> just learned that they were bought out, and that the new owners are
> not keeping any of the old workers. So purchasing a SuperNews account
> is not recommended right now.
>
>
>
>
That's why I go with motzarella, hardly any spam. Now, if only people
who b*tch about it, wouldn't, it would be even greater.