"George" wrote in message
news:bBSee.61153$c24.47196@attbi_s72...
in part..

Why can't we all agree to put "PONDS:" in our
subject line when posting and then simply filter out any messege that
doesn't include "PONDS:"? I think we should include this in the FAQ, and
ask everyone to do this. It might not filter out all of it, but it
certainly should help get rid of a lot of it. And it might take a while
to catch on, but if we all agree to it, and remind people to do it when
posting, it might alleviate some of the crap. What say all???
Only problem I see is it creates a little community that never notices
newbies who wouldn't know better. As can be seen by some of the newbie posts
we see, not everyone reads the newsgroup FAQ, even if they can find it. Plus
it wouldn't work..trolls figure these things out anyway, they have nothing
better to do. I just filter the sources when they show up. Speaking of which
brings up a question. I use OE (chastise me not flamers, I am too lazy to
bother getting anything else). The view is set to hide read or ignored, yet
when I first open the reader is shows some at the top of the list. I swap
the view around and they go away but they shouldn't be there to begin with.
Anyone know why this happens?
JD
http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone/