Filtering the Anonymous USENET Trolls?

BoneFlower asks: "Anonymous remailers are all well and good, but sometimes people use them to abuse people through email or through trolling newsgroups. I've had limited results filtering "anonymous" on a USENET group I frequent but many anonymous remailer trolls get through. The group was nearly unuseable for over a week due to the volume of anonymous remailer trolls. Does anyone have tips on filtering them out? I personally use Forte Agent 1.9.1, many others use Netscape/Mozilla, OE, and various others. If you could help us out, we'd appreciate it."

Comments

Avoiding trolls

[PhysicsGenius]

First of all, I think you are dismissing trolls too soon. In nature, lions and jackals cull the slow and stupid animals from the herd, but there aren't very many ISP's in the middle of the African savannah so we have to rely on other means to get the slow and stupid off the 'net. Trolls are the answer--once someone bites on a troll they are forever known as a World Class Moron that can safely be ignored. (To a slashdot reader, being ignored--nobody listening to them spouting punditry from every smelly orifice, is the death penalty).

Second...well, I guess I said everything that needs saying above. In short, don't bite and you won't get bitten.