From: coghlan@sympatico.ca 
  
 I'm the original sponsor of this newsgroup (circa 1995). 
  
 There certainly does seem to be a lot of trash postings that other 
 unmoderated groups don't seem to have. 
  
 I'll look into a way to keep the trash out, as other groups have done. 
  
 Terry wrote: 
 > I understand that this is a news group that is not moderated; 
 > i.e. it appears there is no one acting as a chair-person as it 
 > were and ruling 'Out of Order' the predominant spam and 
 > advertising. 
 > I have therefore basically given up on this news group, visiting 
 > it rarely. Which of course means that 'spammers' and 
 > 'advertisers' are achieving nothing! 
 > Several times over the last year or so I have done a quick count 
 > of 'ON TOPIC' postings versus spam/advertising. Unfortunately the 
 > unnecessary stuff runs ten to one to individual Canadian Consumer 
 > postings. 
 > Also I doubt the spammers/advertisers rarely if ever read this 
 > news group; to them it probably just cheap advertising? 
 > Can anyone help me to contact whoever 'hosts' and is paying for 
 > the facilities that provide this ng? Do THEY ever read it and see 
 > what has been happening? 
 > It could be so much more useful to Canadian Consumers; because 
 > there are similar and Canadian ones at that, news groups (which I 
 > will not name) which are successful and which do not tolerate a 
 > 'take-over' by the spam/porn/quick-buck/snake-oil enterprisers! 
 > Such as has happened here. 
 > Anyone agree/disagree with this? Terry. 
  
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