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01-01.-2008, 07:38 AM
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Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
This is ridiculous. He's ruining every damned discussion group out there.
Can somebody fill me in on the secret? What's this guy's gripe??? |
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02-01.-2008, 02:18 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
Isn't there a way to block this guy?
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02-01.-2008, 02:34 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
On Jan 1, 11:18 am, cmcanulty <cmcanu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't there a way to block this guy? Some good suggestions here: http://groups.google.com/group/alt....3ce189f2d74a540 HTH --Karen D. |
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02-01.-2008, 04:09 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
>>>>Isn't there a way to block this guy?<<<<
The problem is, he varies the subject lines and e-mail addresses in each posting, so I can't seem to keep up with all the new "Message Rules" I have to create in Outlook Express to block him. Do you know what his issue is? Is he just a nut job, or is he really being "Harrassed" by somebody? |
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02-01.-2008, 04:09 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
Some good suggestions here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....3ce189f2d74a540 Couldn't quite find the answer there. What am I missing? |
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02-01.-2008, 09:47 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
On Jan 1, 12:09 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote:
> >>>>Isn't there a way to block this guy?<<<< > > The problem is, he varies the subject lines and e-mail addresses in each > posting, so I can't seem to keep up with all the new "Message Rules" I have > to create in Outlook Express to block him. > > Do you know what his issue is? Is he just a nut job, or is he really being > "Harrassed" by somebody? Maybe we can write M15 and ask them to block his e-mails! |
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02-01.-2008, 10:43 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
Papa Tom wrote:
> Some good suggestions here:http://groups.google.com/group/alt....d/thread/64d45b... > > Couldn't quite find the answer there. What am I missing? Alt.sewing doesn't have the answer about this particular poster, but we were referring each other to blocking techniques. This was interesting: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...e+corley%22+faq Apparently he's a UK version of M-k- V-nd-m-n (see rec.bicycles.soc) except that the windmills are not mountain bikers and trail use and cell phones. HTH --Karen D. |
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02-01.-2008, 08:03 PM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:09:19 -0500, "Papa Tom"
<TomMontalbano@optonline.net> wrote: >>>>>Isn't there a way to block this guy?<<<< > > >Do you know what his issue is? Is he just a nut job, or is he really being >"Harrassed" by somebody? > I believe that he is ill. He's been a problem poster on some uk. groups for several years..... Don't know whether you can do this on your Newsreader (I use Agent); but you may have an option to ignore threads that are posted to more than 4 groups - this has worked for me. Regards |
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05-01.-2008, 06:39 PM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
On Jan 2, 2:03 am, nicholas finlay <usenetm...@nicf.demon.co.uk>
wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:09:19 -0500, "Papa Tom" > > <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: > >>>>>Isn't there a way to block this guy?<<<< > > >Do you know what his issue is? Is he just a nut job, or is he really being > >"Harrassed" by somebody? > > I believe that he is ill. He's been a problem poster on some uk. > groups for several years..... Yep. I actually reached out to his former employer, once named in one of our buddy's lengthy screeds. The employer confirms that ... yes, he did work for them ... about 16 years ago, and ... yes, he's severely mentally ill. It's pretty sad. I'm thinking of tapping my contacts at MI5 to ask them to back off a little. ;-) |
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07-01.-2008, 11:47 PM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
>>>I'm thinking of tapping my contacts at MI5 to ask them to back off a
>>>little.<<<< What is MI5? I think we need to compose a list of all possible ways he can configure the letters and numbers in his posts and spread it across Usenet. That would make it easier to use the blocking techniques provided by Outlook Express and other newsreaders. <neil0502@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ba9519b9-ef44-4e04-999d-61ea3c1c49a6@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > On Jan 2, 2:03 am, nicholas finlay <usenetm...@nicf.demon.co.uk> > wrote: >> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:09:19 -0500, "Papa Tom" >> >> <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: >> >>>>>Isn't there a way to block this guy?<<<< >> >> >Do you know what his issue is? Is he just a nut job, or is he really >> >being >> >"Harrassed" by somebody? >> >> I believe that he is ill. He's been a problem poster on some uk. >> groups for several years..... > > Yep. > > I actually reached out to his former employer, once named in one of > our buddy's lengthy screeds. > > The employer confirms that ... yes, he did work for them ... about 16 > years ago, and ... yes, he's severely mentally ill. It's pretty sad. > > I'm thinking of tapping my contacts at MI5 to ask them to back off a > little. > > > > > ;-) |
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09-01.-2008, 11:00 PM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
In article <47796154$0$13883$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Papa Tom
<TomMontalbano@optonline.net> wrote: > This is ridiculous. He's ruining every damned discussion group out there. > Can somebody fill me in on the secret? What's this guy's gripe??? > > Plonking this crank is easy if your newsreader allows filtering by regular expressions (grep). On the Mac side I use Thoth (discontinued but compatible with Leopard); there's a host of other readers that can do the same. FYI to banish Blofeld to oblivion create a filter that kills any articles having the following regular expression in the subject line (between quotations): "M.I.5|MI5" This filter can be amended to cope with filter evading character rearrangements the spammer resorts to. |
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10-01.-2008, 03:10 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
>>>>FYI to banish Blofeld to oblivion create a filter that kills any
>>>>articles having the following regular expression in the subject line >>>>(between quotations): "M.I.5|MI5". This filter can be amended to cope >>>>with filter evading character rearrangements the spammer resorts to<<<<< That's the problem. He seems to have found 150 ways to enter "MI5" in his subject line and I can't keep up with all of them. |
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10-01.-2008, 03:56 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
Tom wrote:
> That's the problem. He seems to have found 150 ways to enter "MI5" in his > subject line and I can't keep up with all of them. But "persecution" seems to be unchanged. HTH --Karen D. |
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10-01.-2008, 08:43 AM
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Re: Who the HELL is this MI,5 Persecution Dude????
In article <4784ba46$0$9148$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Papa Tom
<TomMontalbano@optonline.net> wrote: > >>>>FYI to banish Blofeld to oblivion create a filter that kills any > >>>>articles having the following regular expression in the subject line > >>>>(between quotations): "M.I.5|MI5". This filter can be amended to cope > >>>>with filter evading character rearrangements the spammer resorts to<<<<< > > That's the problem. He seems to have found 150 ways to enter "MI5" in his > subject line and I can't keep up with all of them. > > The beauty of grep filters is that a single instance can block a wide variety of character strings, especially when they're formulaic as the MI5 variants. I just d/led 1820 headers, dating from May 17, 07, from the rec.bicycles.rides newsgroup with the aforementioned simple filter disabled. Result: 122 variations of MI5 spam are listed; with the filter enabled all are killed, I don't see any of them. Your post shows up because your rendering of MI5 (MI,5) deviates slightly, but markedly, from those of the spammer's formula. |
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