On 2007-12-16, lonelytraveller
wrote:
Just so that you know, there is a function in google groups - if you
are viewing this via Google Groups - to report spam etc.

Presumably the more people report spam, the less of it there will be.

To report spam use the "more options" link at the top right of each
message, then select "report this message" from the options, and fill
in the form.

I'm cross posting this to some of the other newsgroups who seem to
have been affected by one of the spammers the newsgroup I read is
affected by.

Ths is _not_ a Google Group, Google just provide an interface to it.
There is no point reporting spam unless it was posted by a Google Groups
user, in which case the poster is in breach of Google T&Cs and could be
warned, suspended, or terminated - but a spammer would consider the
account expendable anyway.
Google is not in a position to remove messages from a group it has no
control over, and any attempt to hide messages from those viewing the
group through Google Groups would be seen as censorship.

Eric