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On Feb 12, 10:23 am, Tim Chase <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > If you subscribe to C.P.L as a mailing list instead of a
> > newsgroup, I believe most of the spam gets filtered out at the
> > mailing list<->news group gateway by the Python.org spam
> > filters... At least no spam in my Gmail spam folder appears to
> > be flagged from this group(at a very brief glance) so they
> > appear to be doing quite well.
>
> Allow  me to take this opportunity to thank the folks that *are*
> doing/managing this spam-filtering of the mailing list side of
> things -- the drastic drop in spam (from 6+ months back) is much
> appreciated!
>
> Though I guess this thread does beg the question:  is there a way
> to read the filtered mailing list with a newsreader (via NNTP)
> instead of getting it delivered via email or subjecting oneself
> to the spamminess of c.l.p?  I like some of the "kill-thread"
> types of options I've got on the NNTP side of readers that aren't
> as readily available to me on the email side of things
> (Thunderbird allows for thread-kills in News, but not in email).
>
> -tkc

Enhancement request for google: hide messages by a certain author

it would be individually set, but can get rid of a lot of junk at
once.