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From: Jon Ericson <Jon.Ericson@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Automatically detecting spam on gmane newsgroups
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:54:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87el4vhxaq.fsf@jon-ericson.SDSIO.JPL.NASA.GOV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ullz35snj.fsf@doit.wisc.edu>

Sridhar Boovaraghavan <sridhar_ml@yahoo.com> writes:

> I subscribe to the BBDB newsgroup/mailing-list which seems to have
> fallen in the hands of spammers.

It's really awful isn't it?

> I notice from the headers that the spam is crossposted to
> gmane.spam.detected.

Thank goodness. :)

> How can I automatically mark such articles as read? I am using CVS
> gnus in Emacs 21.2.95.

In the summary buffer, put the cursor over a cross posted message, and
type Lxep.  Edit the string down to gmane.spam.detected.  This will
add an entry to your ~/News/all.SCORE, which you could edit.  No doubt
there are other ways to do this.

Jon
-- 
  My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place.
  When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
    your eyes saw my unformed body.  -- Psalm 139:15-16a (NIV)




  reply	other threads:[~2003-03-25 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-25 16:15 Sridhar Boovaraghavan
2003-03-25 22:54 ` Jon Ericson [this message]
2003-03-26  0:24   ` Ami Fischman
2003-03-29 11:33 ` Andreas Fuchs

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