Re: What is with all the SPAM in comp.arch.embedded?



On Apr 21, 10:16 am, Grant Edwards <gra...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2008-04-21, vorange <orange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Forgive me if the question has been asked before but what is with all
this SPAM coming from some idiot in China? Its totally destroying the
comp.arch.embedded forum.

Is there nothing we can do against this moron?

He's spamming all of my favourite groups.

Google has been allowing spammers free rein to bombard Usenet
for some time. I filter out all postings from google groups,
and now I very rarely see spam.

--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I wonder if there's
at anything GOOD on tonight?
visi.com

Yes, I am about to give up using Google groups except for a couple
moderated ones.
(Do you hear this Google?)

Ed
.



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