Re: spam in the group

[julian814@hotmail.com]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:54:00 -0600, "John Van Winkle"
> <appleiieman@charter.net> wrote:
>
> >If I recall correctly (IIRC), the nice thing about the BBS systems
was that
> >there was NO SPAM!  I wish we could eliminate this junk......
>
> This is why I have always continued to use online services such as
> GEnie, Delphi and currently, Syndicomm.  They have moderated message,
> file and chat areas that make using them much more pleasant.  :-)

GEnie still exists? I've been using Google to read usenet.There's some
spam, but most of it gets filtered out.


Ralph Glatt