Anything from an unknown poster without an nfo is often not worth the
time and effort, in my experience.
On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:02:28 -0500, General E. Pisthoffe
<Pisthoffe@KWTF-TV.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:21:42 GMT, Niamh <Niam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>General E. Pisthoffe <Pisthoffe@KWTF-TV.com> wrote in
>>news:62g0ja12so7u92hcs8knbhvr4uvv6uj17n@news.giganews.com:
>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:18:51 GMT, Niamh <Niam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Niamh <Niam@nospam.com> wrote in news:XnsA47EC41408852Niamnospamcom@
>>>>81.171.92.222:
>>>>
>>>>> Don't bother
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Subject: jtXnbZtXZyu9tK4oZFwfndhmOsuf8X [2/12] -
>>>>"AeUVkms9XLxcKSoIiROgGlc01gEdgz.part1.rar" yEnc (2/1366)
>>>>From: MYUptWneD9 <MYUptWneD9@oawnxlhynw.qs>
>>>
>>> All files with the 'fruitsalad' filenames are to be ignored.
>>>
>>> They aren't always passworded, though they usually are. You can be
>>> sure, however, they are Off-Topic. It's the latest plan by uploaders
>>> of mostly first-run movies and television programming from the US, to
>>> avoid the DCMA lawyers by encrypting the filenames and passwording the
>>> files themselves, so that only the members of their 'clique' can
>>> 1)find and 2) open the files. Obviously a waste of time for anyone
>>> else. Seeing a fruitsalad filename in an NZB search engine may point
>>> the lawyers to a group, but without a way to decode the filename, or
>>> open the file once they find it, they're at trail's end.
>>>
>>> Uploading them to off-topic groups, like this one but also to several
>>> others, also helps throw the lawyers off track, as the Perry Masons
>>> won't be searching each and every Usenet group in hopes of finding
>>> their clients' copywritten material, and couldn't identify it or open
>>> the file, even it they were disposed to invest the time and effort.
>>>
>>> Using the following filter (if you use Agent) will help you flag these
>>> files to simplify their deletion. Whether you set up your filter to
>>> Delete or Ignore is up to you, but this will help more easily isolate
>>> them for your preferred action.
>>>
>>> The filter flags all files with a given number of consecutive letters
>>> in the filename. Most legit filenames don't have more than a few words
>>> in the title w/o including a space. You can adjust that number up or
>>> down by adding or deleting repetitions in the filtering sequence.
>>>
>>> General E. Pisthoffe
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>It is passworded, as I downloaded the first part and Winrar stated it
>>was passworded. I am fully conversant as to what a passworded file is.
>>
>>It is obvious it is not a straight forward and trustworthy post by its
>>appearance.
>
>As is already well known by 99.999% of users of this newsgroup and all
>other newsgroups where such junk appears, who don't even bother to
>check for a password. See your paragraph 2, above.
>
>General E. Pisthoffe
>
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