sanjaya is right. After i apply all the filters to this group I get much
more on topic posts.
Anther alternative would be a moderated newsgroup.


"craigm" wrote in message
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Sanjaya wrote:
To those considering leaving this group...

I ran OE, clicked newsgroup r.r.e
status said 89 messages not downloaded, I got the headers...
result: 1 on topic unread message
killfile and subject filters deleted 88 messages... about 99%

I've had other similar results, but never 99 percent... more like
60-80 percent, but the point is...
filter and PLONK the crap you don't want to see


However, for someone visitng the group for the first time this may not
be realistic. A newbie will see politics, name calling, bigotry and
other off topic posts and immeiately write off the group as worthless.

It would be much better if some individuals would have enough respect
for others and not post the garbage that is outside the subject the
group was created for.

Even with filtering, I still see a lot of junk, seriously limiting the
value of this group.

craigm