On 2007-12-16, lonelytraveller
wrote:
Just so that you know, there is a function in google groups - if you
are viewing this via Google Groups - to report spam etc.

Presumably the more people report spam, the less of it there will be.

To report spam use the "more options" link at the top right of each
message, then select "report this message" from the options, and fill
in the form.

I'm cross posting this to some of the other newsgroups who seem to
have been affected by one of the spammers the newsgroup I read is
affected by.

Ths is _not_ a Google Group, Google just provide an interface to it.
There is no point reporting spam unless it was posted by a Google Groups
user, in which case the poster is in breach of Google T&Cs and could be
warned, suspended, or terminated - but a spammer would consider the
account expendable anyway.
Google is not in a position to remove messages from a group it has no
control over, and any attempt to hide messages from those viewing the
group through Google Groups would be seen as censorship.

Eric

Eric wrote:

Google is not in a position to remove messages from a group it has no
control over, and any attempt to hide messages from those viewing the
group through Google Groups would be seen as censorship.

The messages that are concerning the OP are not being posted through
Google, they're coming (or appear to be coming) via Demon, so the
appropriate place to complain would be .

FWIW, the "show original" tab in Google Groups will usually show how and
where the message has originated.

Another option of course is to use a different news feed altogether.
I no longer see these tedious "MI5" messages because my ISP just drops
them. Or censors them, if you like.
--
Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
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"Joyce Whitchurch" wrote in message
...
Eric wrote:

Google is not in a position to remove messages from a group it has no
control over, and any attempt to hide messages from those viewing the
group through Google Groups would be seen as censorship.

The messages that are concerning the OP are not being posted through
Google, they're coming (or appear to be coming) via Demon, so the
appropriate place to complain would be .

FWIW, the "show original" tab in Google Groups will usually show how and
where the message has originated.

Another option of course is to use a different news feed altogether.
I no longer see these tedious "MI5" messages because my ISP just drops
them. Or censors them, if you like.
--
Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
=================================

wrote in message
...
Whoever you are, I swear I will kill you , you attention seeking
faggot. I would ****ing kick your head in, ****

Why don't you just **** offfff. Or why won't Google groups block him

Hey buddy, if MI5 find you I hope they rape you and give you AIDS.

The poster is a usenet legend by name of Mike Corley.
He is part of usenet history and has more right to post
then a cretin such as yourself Chris Holland.

To anyone else interested:
Mike lives in Clapham, South London, he first began his postings
to usenet, BBS, and online forums back in 1996, which is long before
the obnoxious Chris Holland learned of the internet let alone began
his own trolling.
But Mikes paranoia of alleged MI5 persecution can be traced back
as far 1990, when newspaper editors, TV newsdesks, magazine
reviewers et al, first received Mike's reports of his harassment by
MI5 operatives.

Mike has his own website:
http://www.five.org.uk/

There have been numerous newspaper articles and online thesis
about Mike's postings, this is a BBC article on the subject:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A164404

And amongst many other covers of the Mike Corley phenomenon
there has been a play about this usenet legend:
http://www.thecorleyconspiracy.com/

On 16 Dec, 22:54, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:
Eric wrote:

Google is not in a position to remove messages from a group it has no
control over, and any attempt to hide messages from those viewing the
group through Google Groups would be seen as censorship.

The messages that are concerning the OP are not being posted through
Google, they're coming (or appear to be coming) via Demon, so the
appropriate place to complain would be .

FWIW, the "show original" tab in Google Groups will usually show how and
where the message has originated.

Another option of course is to use a different news feed altogether.
I no longer see these tedious "MI5" messages because my ISP just drops
them. Or censors them, if you like.
--
Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
=================================

Proof positive that MI5 is actively censoring content through your
ISP. I told you so. I TOLD YOU SO.!!!!

You know who, The Old Signal Box, Epsom.