spam / newgroup question

[db]

if you use a newsreader

like Live Mail you can

block the sender and

all the posts of that

moron won't appear.



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"steve" wrote in message news:17079ef4-425d-4e9b-9539-3a6bea99b186@u34g2000yqu.googlegroups.com...

> Im going to sound like a Neophyte question. Why is it that this

> newsgroup is hijacked by this guy Keven and what ever the heck he is

> doing. I dont get it. Cant this news group be set up to refuse mail

> from this name. Im not critical really I just dont understand, with

> all the technology today, surely the moderator has the power to stop

> his eamil address. And if he creates a new one put it in. Ive never

> run a news group so I may be in the dark.

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> My second question is perhaps more phylisophical. I dont get what he

> is doing, I mean the messages are stupid. At least if they are ads for

> drugs I get it he is selling something but, these messages I just dont

> get ?? What is the point of it all.

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> I hope Im not focusing too much attention on this I just dont get

> these two questions. Its amazing how one guy can be such a fool?? I

> flag it as spam but no one seems to do anything about it??

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> Thanks.