This is a revision of the previous FAQ upon Google spam.
Again, your comments, additions, corrected are requested.
What to do about Google spam.
Google groups is the major source of spam on Usenet. Google groups is
also a large source of off topic and/or idiotic posts. For that reason,
a growing number of people are now blocking all posts from Google groups.
http://www.improve-usenet.org/index.html
It is useless to complain to Google, office number (650) 253-0000.
However it is easy to avoid the deluge of spam from Google.
First use a news server other then Google.
Second download a real news reader that will allow filtering.
Filtering can be used to block most spam or alternatively, to simply block
all Google posts (most efficiently done filtering on Message-ID).
NNTP news servers
Most ISP include a news server with the account
http://www.teranews.com (one time $3.95 set up cost, worth it)
news://news.aioe.org text only, no cost