On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:56:18 PM UTC-4, Arif Khokar wrote:
> On 6/19/2012 9:38 PM, .com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:05:53 PM UTC-4, Arif Khokar wrote:
> >> On 6/19/2012 7:31 AM, .net wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a way you can describe your view of this group - what
> >>> threads you see? Since I'm too cheap to acquire a Usenet emulator
> >>> and don't want newsgroups downloaded to my harddrive.
> >>
> >> I don't see many threads (as you described) posted because my
> >> newsreader's kill filter is fairly effective. If you don't want to
> >> use a newsreader, then maybe there's a browser plugin or
> >> greasemonkey script that allows you to use Google groups the same
> >> way.
> > ___________________ Well, I did mention that I replied to my own
> > thread, above, through "Agent". It does have filters but I wouldn't
> > begin to know how to filter out a dozen 4140 Solutions Manuals
> > posts(!), racist prattle, and religous ramblings.
>
> First off, set your word wrap to 72 characters. Second, your best
> chance of filtering a lot of the crap that ends up in this newsgroup is
> to filter out posts to multiple newsgroups. The trolls and spammers
> tend to post the same or similar sets of newsgroups. So pick one or
> more newsgroups that you don't subscribe to and filter out posts that
> are cross-posted to them.
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I am typing this from my PC. The word wrap issue occurs when I send from my mobile device.

I just need some help learning how to use the filters avail on a newsreader. GoogleGroups has no filters, so no sense in asking about it. This Agent thing is another story - lots of filter options, just don't know what they mean.

-CC