Re: Want to turn off an annoying "feature" of Pan

From: SINNER (99nesorjd_at_gates_of_hell.invalid)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:51:05 GMT

* Cheerful Pickle wrote in alt.os.linux:

[...]

> The most HIDEOUSLY breach of netiquette I see in newsgroups though is the
> practice many have of posting totally off topic in various newsgroups.
> Personally, I am fed up with the incredible number of purely partisan
> political posts sent to alt.christnet.* and alt.religion.christian.*

Yeah, we get the Politics in the Xbox groups, drove me nuts, I never see
them for the most part.

> groups that have absolutely nothing to do with Christianity. Now, this is
> one rule that definitely should be well published. Consider the wasted
> gigabytes daily from people pulling this totally inconsiderate stunt!

If the 'rule' was published you have 2x as many trolls, be thankful it
isn't.

> I would rather receive a twenty line signature than a 300 line message
> about how nasty of a president Bush is at a group such as
> alt.christnet.prayer.

Once one of those posts is made you should be able to score the poster
out of site forever. If you are looking for hints as to how, head over to
news.software.reader Also, many of them tend to crosspost so that makes
it MUCH easier. If you have the combination of a good server and a good
newsreader you have ultimate control of what you see. I love slrn and
leafnode, I would never read news without it if I have a choice. In fact
I am considering turning sshd back on so I can connect to my server
from work, even though Xnews is a great windows reader. 

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