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"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Herb Ludwig, 8/4/2006, 2:42:04 PM,
> <0yMAg.214510$mF2.130478@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
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>> I'm interested in all Toyota matters, but am getting tired of even
>> downloading the flood of OT postings in this newsgroup. These
>> no-nothing spammers (for some reason mostly political conservatives)
>> spoil the pleasure for the rest of us and give conservative causes a
>> bad name in the process. I've read someplace that there is often
>> simple filter method in browsers (MS Outlook Express) to block
>> undesirable posters and would apprecitiate relevant advise. Thank you[/color]
>
> At the risk of becoming a blocked poster I will give you some advise.
> In OE go to Tools--Message Rules--News and create filters based upon
> the Conditions and Actions available. You ought to be able to filter
> out quite a bit of noise if you use the "Where the From line" condition.
>
> Be wary of using the Subject line choice for OT messages because you
> will also filter out messages that have toyOTa in the header. Some
> people create OT messages with OT: or {OT} or [OT] and those should be
> safe to filter on.
>
> Good luck[/color]

In the mean time feel free to get off the net and sell your computer. Sure,
there are topics that groups are supposed to be about, but people still have
the freedom to post off topic as much as they wish. This is especially true
of non-moderated groups as I believe this one is. I do believe that calling
what few posts that are off topic a "flood" is a bit of an exageration.
While I'm sure off-topic posts are not meant to be something that causes so
much anxeity for people, it's something that is a evil that one will always
come upon on the net.