On Jan 3, 5:24 pm, RuthDol...@gmail.com wrote:

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*** Yob is a slang term (the reverse of 'boy', meaning someone who's
fooling around-- British I think), or in the case of my original post
he *did *not have epilepsy.   The poster I was referring to did a
dozen? posts here (mass spams unrelated to living with seizures, or
knowing anyone who did).

  The post that *my post referred to is described **above between the
****s and  ////s .

   My reply was posted following those (12) he did here (by robot),
and I stated the fact that his posts were already on
'uk.sci.astronomy', so he had his computer set to post same mass-
mailing on *all usenet groups, alphabetically, at least ones on Google
threads.
  (I think his posts were a repeat of 'MI-5 keeping Alien Invasion of
Earth a Secret'-- a thread that repeats stuff posted on Science groups
since before 1998.)
  Someone new, who did a 'reply to group' to one of his posts might
not notice the Reply put their address on the *other 4 groups he had
crossposted to, even if they weren't registered there.

That's why I started a fresh, single post. If you don't see his posts
(I replied on Separate thread, *following posts he did), then your
News Reader is discarding them--many news servers do not.

 Typically someone posting disruptive posts like that put a 'chill'
on many of the former regulars or new posters, and interfered with the
purpose of the group.

 We once had 20-30 'regulars', who posted here *every night, with
questions, workarounds or solutions that had worked for them. The
poster I was referring to did about 10-12 consecutive posts here, then
his computer program moved on to other groups.  He was likely offline
within 6 hours of those posts I refer to, although the posts stay 'up'
on message threads, even after his ISP removes him.

   The original 20? Regulars in about 11 timezones, have not been
active here since then. (His posts, and a second non-ep. poster, who
forged using other's 'email IDs', from active posters *here, at that
time, disrupted the 6-8 discussion threads that were active.)  The
Valid  posters have not posted since, if they're still reading this
group.

  You can see how few valid posts have occurred since October, if you
have history threads going back that far-- down from 500+ per month.

 I suspect many regulars unsubscribed or moved to one of the other
groups one of original founders (not I) posted last Sept or October. /

I am not a newbie to support groups. Are you

** The message wasn't for you, or its intent was misunderstood.
A number of people responded 'reply to group' on **older crossposted
threads, without realizing (as above) their reply (and e-address) was
going to groups they weren't registered on. Then they'd spend next 10
days throwing out Junk Mails if they didn't have anti-viral /anti-spam
filters.   I still get ~30 junk mails discarded each sign-on, even
though I think that post (Dec.31) was last time I posted here. That
number will be up tomorrow now....  //

Some people do need more help than others. You need

 Pass.    I had a reply, but realized it might be a 'lecture',  too.
 I'm 63. This May will be 10 years szr. free/and here, after 5 years
onset to control that worked. That only matters since 1993 the Neuro
who did MRIs /EEGs told me to 'hope for' 2-3 szrs. per Month.
  I was here originally as a Social Group, to exchange ideas w.
others using Tegretol, Frisium or who had Complex Partial /other szrs.
and Social issues wrt. seizures and attitudes of others.
 If most of the regulars have left, Dave's site has collapsed.    /