this wine list

This is (as far as I know) an unmoderated newsgroup. Now and then someone will crosspost some trash to it, but you can pretty easily tell that from the subject. In general, this has been one of the cleaner newsgroups on the net. Most of the posters are polite, and some of them are very well informed and willing to share and lend a hand.

IOW, your experience doesn't jibe with mine. Perhaps your ISP has issues with its server that could account for repetitious posts. Possibly your machine has been infected with a worm or virus. There are plenty of those around! If you aren't behind a software firewall with good antivirus protection your machine is pretty much guaranteed to be infected. To find out, go to

Tom S

What system are you running it appears that you have not sync your newsgroups lately. Not doing this would result in what you indicate. As for the trash it is up to you to keep your own house in order. If you do not apply your options then you can only expect what you get. I would have preferred to reply directly but due to your none communication e-mail address. This is the only way to convey to you. Stephen SG

Hi....well my experience in this group has been excellent....its very active.....very helpfull.....everyone is polite for the most part......and relatively free of garbage posts.....and suprisingly nonpolitical ,this being the big year and all.....man you should check out the bruce springsteen group for political postings.......and activity????......whew probably 200+ a day... .andy j.

I'm sorry you're having such a tough time on this site. Yes, there is garbage, but it is usually easy to spot and delete right away. If you think this is bad you should've seen things 6 months ago, we had some real trolls rambling through. I've been on this site for over a year, and I've always found it to be helpful. Yes, there is usually the same requests over and over again, that's because I think a lot of us are newbie's, well relatively speaking (4th year of making wine). There's nothing wrong with making your own posts if you have questions of comments. Hang in there. Darlene

Thanks to all who replied - copies of our post and your responses keep getting repeated every day and there seems to be no end to it.

I'll try the web site you suggested. Thanks again.

Ursula

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

I am not seeing your problem but when a post like that comes across I just block the sender and never see him again.

Ray

Or you could just use Google Groups and log on to any newsgroup that way and not downloading anything. You will have to wait a few hours before your posts show up.

SG Brix