> I fetch comp.lang.python from eternal.september with leafnode, and after > 30 years of Usenet I recently had to install a news filter to remove the > garbage. After the initial flurry the filter doesn't need much updating, > but here's why it's necessary: ... > for totals of 2168 fetched and 4384 killed; that is, the group > is now 2/3 spam and the volume doesn't seem to be decreasing. > I don't understand why other groups gatewayed to Google Groups > aren't spammed, but from a limited sample they don't seem to be.
Just a thought, but you could maybe use SpamBayes to write your own spam filter for comp.lang.python. The gate_news program on mail.python.org does just that, using the training database I maintain. If anyone is interested, contact me. I can help set you up with the gate_news code. Skip -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
