"Rhodri James" <rho...@wildebst.org.uk> writes: > Sorry your post was the straw to break the camel's back this week, but > it is a complete pain to the rest of us. I have more than once > considered getting my reader to automatically discard anything with > "@googlegroups.com" in the message ID just to reduce the aggravation.
I passed that threshold long ago. Posts that come to my Usenet client via Google Groups are automatically marked for deletion. I strongly recommend everyone do the same; and also to lobby for (and support) alternative Usenet interfaces which don't mangle the messages. -- \ “You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown | `\ who makes people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has | _o__) severe diarrhea.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list