spam ugh

Killfile or message filters, then unsub, delete the group history and resubscribe.

ummm, could you please repeat that in English? LOL. Where do I find a message filter for a group? You don't mean for my regular email, do you?

I think that it mostly happens to those of us who use Google. I hate it, too.

Higs, Katherine

I have not seen any all day so Verizon must have the gate locked again.

Nope, I get it too through my Outlook Express. One of these days I'll get around to filtering it, otherwise, I just mark it "read" and it goes away. I don't read that crap.

Shelagh

myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@v4g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com:

if you read through Google, you can't do anything about M15 (who, BTW, has lost access again temporarily) or any other spam. you need a newsreader & an NNTP (usenet news) provider to use filters. i do highly recommend it, as it makes usenet so much more useful. if your internet provider doesn't offer news, there are free or low-cost ones you can access worldwide. if you use Windows, there's a newsreader built into Outlook Express. lee

"DAB" wrote in news:7Ilaj.9453$8y4.7030@trnddc07:

Verizon had nothing to do with it. M15 lost yet another account for spamming. with him, it really does help to report the abuse to his provider. that generally doesn't work for other spam, as they specificly go to providers that don't care if they spam as long as they pay. lee

Thank you! what do I put at the point where it says: Type the name of the Internet news (NNTP) server your Internet service provider has given you... I dont know what that means. This is one field that I have always shied away from, so I REALLY need help to understand how to do this! Thanks for your patience.

Wendy

myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@n20g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com:

well what company do you connect to the internet through? you will probably need to look at their customer service site or give them a call to get the exact server, but usually it's something like "news.ispname.com" or "nntp.ispname.net". some isps require a login & password (usually the same as your email if they do), but most don't unless you're connecting from outside their system (i post through mv, for example, but connect through metrocast, so i have a login & password for the mv newsserver) lee

innews: snipped-for-privacy@n20g2000hsh.googlegr

ok, it let me do that. Now what do I do? Help. Ugh. :( I hate being so needy.

Wendy

myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@e25g2000prg.googlegr oups.com:

let you do what? did you get the server name? if you have that, let me know & i'll go look at OE (i don't use it, so i'll have to take a peek. it's been a few years since i did CS). then i can write you out a step by step, ok? lee

i figure the server name is news.sbcglobal.net

thank you so much!

Wendy

myswendy wrote in news:828637c7-4fb1- snipped-for-privacy@q3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

great! did you try connecting & downloading all the groups? once you do that, you choose which groups you want to read & 'subscribe' to them. you'll most likely get a lot of posts you've already read, but once you get those marked as read & deleted, it should only download the new posts for you. then you can set up your filters lee