Re: How can this site get back to rowing topics

On 16 Apr, 14:08, kdav...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On 15 Apr, 14:05, pdblas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I echo Caroline's plea; this time it is chinese shoes previously we
had MI6 paranoia. I am sure that most of us are fed up with this,
surely the administrators can find a way of putting a filter on the
posts.

For those stuck with using Google Groups, I have created a little
script that will filter out unwanted spam messages containing certain
keywords that you can specify. It uses GreaseMonkey which is a popular
and widely used extension for Firefox, so it is Firefox only I'm
afraid (sorry IE/Safari/et al).


.... And I now have a version for IE6 and above. It uses a tool call
IE7Pro which is similar to GreaseMonkey but for IE. Installation is
slightly more complex but should be OK for most people I hope.

Installation:
1. Copy&paste these instructions into a text file to keep them
available while IE restarts.
2. Go to http://www.kitdavies.com/scripts/gmfilter.ieuser.js and
"Save" the file somewhere on your machine.
3. Go to http://www.ie7pro.com and follow the instructions to download
IE7Pro. You will download an installer which you need to run. You will
have to restart IE once the installation is done.
4. Copy the file you saved in 2 above to C:\Program Files\IE7Pro
\userscripts.
5. In IE, go to menu Tools > IE7Pro preferences and select User
Scripts from the list on the left, then click on the "Reload All
Scripts" button. GGFilter should appear in the middle list. Tick the
box next to it, then press OK.

You should now be set up. Visit RSR to check the spam disappears. If
you have no luck, try restarting IE. I have sometimes found changes
don't take effect until this is done.

This has been tried & tested on IE6. I cannot guarantee what will
happen with other versions so you may need to experiment.
As before, please let me know if you have problems.
Kit
kdavies <at> kidare <dot> com
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