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Peter Hayes <notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> mlw <mlw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Kier wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:51:19 -0500, mlw wrote:
>> >
>> >> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> mlw wrote:
>> >>>> I was actually saying that the lack of original content and volume of
>> >>>> posts is a problem. Maybe you didn't understand that.
>> >>>
>> >>> I did understand that. So it is a problem. For you
>> >>
>> >> Well, it is a problem for anyone who wishes to use this group in the way
>> >> it was intended under usenet.
>> >
>> > Can't see that, myself. Killfile the NEWS and poof! there goes your
>> > problem.
>>
>> So, you are saying that by using things like "spamassasin" and hiding the
>> spam, that the bandwidth and storage sucked up by spam is not a problem?
>>
>> >
>> > You may not like what Roy is posting, but that doesn't make him a spammer.
>>
>> It is a huge volume of posts with almost no original content, that is not
>> valuable.
>
> I scan the listing, some I read, some I dismiss, no harm done and it
> certainly terrifies the EF's and flatties of this world which is no bad
> thing.
I have to agree that there is value in that particular gain.
Personally, I think it's because the effect on google searching is
becoming quite profound. More often than not, web usenet reflectors
will bring up a cola posting in response to many a query now, which has
relevant URLs and so on.
>
> As for an alleged hidden agenda, if he makes a few bob on it, so what?
>
I don't think he does in Cola, possibly for yahoo, I think he mentioned
once?
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