Re: spam

[melsonr@aragorn.rgmhome.net (Robert Melson)]

In article <20081022160808.0c24042c@wolfenstein.jpl.nasa.gov>,
	Jason Zheng <Xin.Zheng@jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:47:39 -0500
> melsonr@aragorn.rgmhome.net (Robert Melson) wrote:
> 
>> [Posted and mailed]
>> 
>> In article
>> <1ab89fa6-2525-4837-a5c1-56b65f9551d6@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>> LittleAlex <alex.louie@email.com> writes:
>> > spam
>> 
>> Yes, Alex, your postings ARE newsgroup spam.  Wanna cut it
>> out, please?
>> 
>> <plonk!>
>> 
> Best way to stop abuse from google groups posters is to send your
> complaint email to groups-abuse@google.com
> 
Sorry, Jason, but Wes, Dave and Doug have it right - google
normally takes no responsibility for crap posted via groups
or for email spam originating at gmail.  You get, if you get
anything, a generalized wave of the hands, a statement to
the effect "we don't censor our subscribers" and a complete
washing of the hands.  Complaining to google is pissing in the
wind.

One has the choice of blocking the sender, blocking the thread
or blocking based on message-id/origin.  Alex is, as you can
see, in my killfile; killing the thread .. well, the subject is
just too broad to effectively do the job and, unfortunately, my
newsreader of choice doesn't do message-id kills.

Sigh.

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