Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:16:34 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	McCarthy on Mon, 06 Dec 1999 18:55:57 EST)
Subject: Re: Off subject ads
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Note that this topic is NOT appropriate for this newsgroup.  Comments
about the newsgroup itself and the software managing it should be
directed to me personally, not the whole planet.  DO NOT REPLY!

>     I have received 2 ads selling products throught the NG. Is their
> any way to stop this.

I stop about 95% of all spam on the mailing list.  I can't stop
anything on the newsgroup, as it is unmoderated.  Spammers are getting
more clever every day, and it's hard to teach the filters to get them
all without killing real posts.