Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?

In message 
, elf 
 writes

>Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?

There is *No* admin, Usenet's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet not 
like that unfortunately - anybody can post to any unmoderated newsgroup. 
That's its strength, in that censorship isn't realistic, it's also its 
weakness when you get deluded losers who won't take a hint.
-- 
"As an atheist, I don't believe in an afterlife. And I believe in it no less
and no more than I did at 20."
                                        George Melly  1928-2007

>> Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?
> There is *No* admin,

Nor is there any poet to unsub.

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At 04:56:34 on Sun, 13 Jul 2008, elf  wrote in 
:

>Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?

If you get a proper newsreader rather than using the dreadful interface 
which is GoogleGroups, you can set kill filters so that you never see 
its posts.  I haven't seen them in a very, very long time.
-- 
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:37:27 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
 wrote:

>>> Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?
>> There is *No* admin,
>
>Nor is there any poet to unsub.
>
Now you mention it... 

Of course, we wouldn't unsub a poet, should one visit.

However, I suspect we know who we're talking about. 

-- 

Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam

"Molly Mockford"  wrote in message 
news:MfjuB8JXgieIFwLm@molly.mockford...
> At 04:56:34 on Sun, 13 Jul 2008, elf  wrote in 
> :
>
>>Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?
>
> If you get a proper newsreader rather than using the dreadful interface 
> which is GoogleGroups, you can set kill filters so that you never see its 
> posts.  I haven't seen them in a very, very long time.
> -- 
Yeah, I can't even remember killfiling this one, it's so long ago, but I 
must have, as I can't see it.

ally

elf wrote:
> Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?

Because you're accessing this group from Google Groups, it will look like a 
web forum. But it isn't. Google groups is one way of accessing a very old, 
forum type, part of the Internet called "Usenet". Except for a relatively 
small number of groups that have "Moderated" as part of their name, there is 
no one who can block any posts or users.
Google Groups is also the very worst way of accessing Usenet, but often the 
only way if your ISP doesn't provide Usenet as part of their service. The 
best way is to use a Newsreader program. This will also allow you to filter 
out posters that you don't want to see. Google Groups won't let you do this.
The other disadvantage of using Google Groups is that many Usenet users 
filter out all posts from Google Groups. None of these people, who would be 
some of the most experienced Usenet users, will see any of your posts.
The vast majority of Usenet spam is posted from Google Groups, and despite 
publishing an email address to complain about that, Google does nothing to 
fix the problem. By filtering out Google Groups posts, users never see a 
great deal of the spam that is floating around, as well as missing a lot of 
nasty and malicious stuff that is posted from the anonymity of Google 
Groups.

-- 
Tim

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:21:42 GMT, "Tim"
 squeezed out the following:

>elf wrote:
>> Can't the admin for this group unsub the troll/poet?

>Google Groups is also the very worst way of accessing Usenet

True.

>, but often the 
>only way if your ISP doesn't provide Usenet as part of their service.

Not true. Anyone can subscribe to a Usenet service such as
news.individual.net, completely independent of their ISP. It may,
however, be the only way if you're blocked from Usenet for other
reasons - such as, for example, by your employer if you're using your
work computer.

-- 
Colin Irvine
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk