In uk.rec.sheds,  (Richard Robinson) wrote in
::

>Dave Budd said:
>>> In uk.rec.sheds,  (Richard Robinson) wrote in
>>> >Znep said:
>>> >> In uk.rec.sheds,  (Dave Budd) wrote in
>>> >>
>>> >>>Well yes, but also you can use owt that html allows, rather than being 
>>> >>>restricted to ASCII
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes, that's another downside.
>>> >
>>> >Why ?
>>> 
>>> I'm a fan of content over presentation, TBH.  NNTP is sparse, efficient
>>> and brisk.  If you can't get your point across without blink tags or
>>> whatever, perhaps it's not worth saying?
>>
>> That's down to authors rather than the medium though. 
>> You can't really say Usenet is better for content if you include all 
>> the trolls and other idiots
>
>I'm receiving a 3-figure number of spams for every single nonspam. Email is
>much greater than 99% noise.

You need better filters, mate.  I'm getting an SNR of about 1.8
-- 
Marc

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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:06 +0000, Znep
 wrote:

>In uk.rec.sheds,  (Richard Robinson) wrote in
>::
>
>>Dave Budd said:
>>>> In uk.rec.sheds,  (Richard Robinson) wrote in
>>>> >Znep said:
>>>> >> In uk.rec.sheds,  (Dave Budd) wrote in
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>Well yes, but also you can use owt that html allows, rather than being 
>>>> >>>restricted to ASCII
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Yes, that's another downside.
>>>> >
>>>> >Why ?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm a fan of content over presentation, TBH.  NNTP is sparse, efficient
>>>> and brisk.  If you can't get your point across without blink tags or
>>>> whatever, perhaps it's not worth saying?
>>>
>>> That's down to authors rather than the medium though. 
>>> You can't really say Usenet is better for content if you include all 
>>> the trolls and other idiots
>>
>>I'm receiving a 3-figure number of spams for every single nonspam. Email is
>>much greater than 99% noise.
>
>You need better filters, mate.  I'm getting an SNR of about 1.8

I've got no, count 'em, active filters.   I receive virtually zilch x
spams.      (This is not an invitation to try me)


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