Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 3:05:57 PM UTC-6, Peter Pearson wrote: >> I suspect I'm not the only fossil here who gets kinda >> misty contemplating NNTP's history. > > Yeah. Well... Python-list has developed quite a reputation > within usenet

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Rick Johnson
On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 3:05:57 PM UTC-6, Peter Pearson wrote: > I suspect I'm not the only fossil here who gets kinda > misty contemplating NNTP's history. Yeah. Well... Python-list has developed quite a reputation within usenet antiquities circles for its highly coveted collection of rare

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Peter Pearson
On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 08:37:24 -0800 (PST), Wanderer wrote: > > I don't know what a netnews protocol is. I use Google Groups to look > at usenet. Just in case you're interested, the Network News Transfer Protocol, NNTP, is used to distribute posts over Usenet, a worldwide system for passing messages

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 9:37:35 AM UTC-7, Wanderer wrote: > On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 11:31:13 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Wanderer wrote: > > > I mostly just lurk and view the post titles to see if something > > > interesting is being discussed. T

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Wanderer
On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 11:31:13 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Wanderer wrote: > > I mostly just lurk and view the post titles to see if something interesting > > is being discussed. This code gets me a web page without the spam. You need > > to compile i

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Wanderer wrote: > I mostly just lurk and view the post titles to see if something interesting > is being discussed. This code gets me a web page without the spam. You need > to compile it to a pyc file and create a bookmark. Probably not useful for > most people

FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread Wanderer
I mostly just lurk and view the post titles to see if something interesting is being discussed. This code gets me a web page without the spam. You need to compile it to a pyc file and create a bookmark. Probably not useful for most people who don't use their browsers the way I do, but here it is