Re: Crossposts

From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: 29 Apr 2004 05:26:40 -0700

Joe Soap <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<Xns94D9BE692D571SpecialIdString83104@130.133.1.4>...
> In response to what Paul Pires <diodude@got.net> posted in
> news:tSRjc.2530$iM3.2334@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com:
>
> > "Bob Silverman" <pubkeybreaker@aol.comstuff> wrote in message
> > news:20040426213806.17253.00000323@mb-m03.aol.com...
> >> It seems that sci.crypt has been invaded by a large number of
> >> offensive, obscene and off-topic cross posts in the last few days.
> >> Where are they all coming from? They seemingly come from a number of
> >> sources, many of which are fake. I don't have priviledges (I use
> >> AOL) to trace the sources.
> >
> > I'd say the chances are that it is just one fool.
> > The same fool who has flooded us with the "Sassaman" drivel for weeks.
>
> Abandon LookOut Express, get a proper newsreader prog and set up the
> filters.

Why is that? Outlook has a killfile. which is unlike Mozilla which
as of yet HAS NO USENET FILTERING ABILITIES!!!

I can't fathom why Mozilla developers have overlooked nntp support for
so long. It's horrible.

Tom