How I got rid of those spam posts on c.l.t

Hi,

If like me you are using Google Groups with Firefox, and are suffering
from the huge amount of spam posts, maybe you'll like this little
trick: use the fabulous Firefox extension "GreaseMonkey", which is a
generic filter allowing to run arbitrary Javascript code (possibly
modifying the contents) after loading webpages.

Using the GreaseMonkey script located at

http://paste.tclers.tk/887

you'll see that all those "Gucci ... Replica .. whatever" garbage
lines are replaced by whitespace in the Topic List view of Google
Groups. So far that's the best I can do with my 30mn of experience
with the tool. But surely after a bit of work we can remove the lines
entirely.

If you want to extend the filter, you'll quickly spot the regexp near
the top:

/.*(replica |gucci|wholesale|discount).*/gi

Enjoy !

-Alex

PS: Instructions to set it all up:
Once the extension is installed, Tools->GreaseMonkey->New User Script
In the Includes field, type or paste: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/*
In the namesapce field, type any string: foo
Then choose and open an editor, paste the above script, save and exit,
then OK, and Reload the current page.
After each cycle editing the script, Reload again.
The Enabled status of GreaseMonkey is sticky, so after stabilizing
your regexp you can forget completely about it.

PS2: Share your regexps !!!











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