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goggy59@gmail.com - 11 Dec 2006 15:01 GMT

Is it possible to filter out messages using google groups? I have had
enough of the religious promotion and subsequent responses to them,
thats not what I am here for (as I would assume the case for others as
well). There are groups that cater to those who wish to spew their
beliefs, and I don't think this is one of them.

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coonskin@amestwp.com - 11 Dec 2006 15:38 GMT

Yes, as in most of their search enjines google uses the prefix "-" to
say which search terms not to return. When in the search enjine for
newsgroups use this:

alt.support.diabetes -chung

would return a list of messages excluding the above term.

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DonnaB shallotpeel - 11 Dec 2006 15:40 GMT

In alt.support.diabetes on 11 Dec 2006 07:01:13 -0800 in Msg.#
<1165849273.625845.47040@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>, goggy59@gmail.com
wrote:

> Is it possible to filter out messages using google groups?

No. That's another Usenet standard that has not been made available to
people who use Google Groups as their primary access for contemporary
reading & posting.

> I have had
> enough of the religious promotion and subsequent responses to them,
> thats not what I am here for (as I would assume the case for others as
> well). There are groups that cater to those who wish to spew their
> beliefs, and I don't think this is one of them.

You can request this of Google Groups. You can gain alternate access either
through your ISP or a free server or a nearly free server or an all-out
commercial provider of Usenet, with a full featured newsreader that will
allow you to filter.

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