How to filter messages originating from Google Groups

 This is for anybody using a news reader that doesn't allow filtering on
any subject header (like Thunderbird, for instance.)

I know that many valid posts are sent via Google Groups, but so is a lot
of spam and Google refuses to respond to usenet abuse complaints. If you
want to read this group without including the spam posted via that
service, I recommend that you install, configure and use NewsProxy:

   http://www.nfilter.org/

download:

   http://www.nfilter.org/np-120.exe

To set a rule to block messages based on any header line that always
appears in posts originating from Google Groups, add this line to your
filter file:

alt.comp.freeware   drop (copy and paste full header line here without
parenthesis)

Maybe if enough people start doing this, Google will start acting
responsibly.

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Regards from John Corliss

 John Corliss wrote:

Eh, make that rule:

*   drop  (copy and paste full header line here without parenthesis)

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Regards from John Corliss