Must be just me, but I never have one iota of trouble with these
"issues" and can't figure out why people seem to be so bothered by them.
I've always used forums by scrolling through headers until finding
something I decided from that header was something I might want to read
or answer. If the header was suspect or didn't pique my interest, I just
keep scrolling on down. No biggie at all.
Trolls, idiots, morons, and Mensa dropouts will always be a part of any
Usenet forum. These things are so unimportant to me and take so little
time to wade through that I just accept them as part of the "game" and
don't bother even using filters.
Anyone looking for the "perfect" news reader or an answer for every
unpleasant aspect they find on a Usenet forum will in my opinion find
their Usenet experience very frustrating.
FWIW, I just tell people to read the headers, use the scroll wheel, and
stay loose on Usenet. Enjoy the good, and just deal with the bad.
Personally, I have absolutely no trouble at all dealing with Usenet, and
am always in awe of all the fuss about filtering :-))
All this being said, I'm not trying to put anyone down with this post.
I realize this is just me and the way I deal with things, and I respect
everyone else doing whatever they feel they have to do to deal with Usenet.
Dudley Henriques

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:01:00 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote in
:

I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are
from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block
the messages in OE.

Suggestions?


It would seem that the rec.aviation.piloting newsgroup, like many
other newsgroups, is being targeted for a "sporge" flood. In this
first flood, the articles were injected into Usenet from 13:30 to
11:21 (local), about ten hours. It is unclear to me at this time why
this is occurring, but it may be more than a malicious prank. ...

While I have not yet found a method of filtering out the sporge
articles, I have found some promising leads:

Each article is crossposted to the sci.crypt newsgroup.

The 'Path:' header field always contains:
news.isoc.lu!news.grnet.gr

The 'Subject:' header field always begins with a lower-case letter

Perhaps filters can be successfully written to exploit these
consistencies.

My fear is that newsgroup subscribers who are unable to filter out the
sporge articles may become so frustrated as to discontinue to
participate in newsgroup discussion in the future.

--
Dudley Henriques
President Emeritus
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship