On 2009-12-16, Ken Cook wrote:
On 16 Dec, 18:33, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
No less perspicacious than I would have expected of
you, Dave .... so what do you think we might we try to
reduce all the off-topic bo11ocks that's ruining the group?

Hi, Philip,

This group is dying, sadly.
The few that remain are so loud and up their own that they have failed
to notice the lack of posts from many old-time regulars - me included
(:0(

Depends what newsreader you use. The group is very useful and
informative for me, but then again I use a proper newsreader with a
well-configured killfile. I only see idiots when non-idiots (or
semi-idiots) quote them.

useful newsreaders:

unix or linux: slrn
windows: slrn, turnpike, agent

there are more, but those are the ones I have experience with. All of
them have good killfiling abilities, though slrn has the best and is
free. I have found thunderbird is not too clever when it comes to
newsgroups.

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comp.john