Google buys DoubleClick

[David Arnstein]

**** **** ****. They really went through with it:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/google-buys-doubleclick-31-billion/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo

For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
internet domains. And so on.

So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?

The *******s!
--
David Arnstein (00)
arnstein+usenet@pobox.com {{ }}
^^

[Pipboy]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:19:05 +0000 (UTC), David Arnstein wrote:


> So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>
Yep, there are other search engines available.

[Jeanette Russo]

Pipboy wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:19:05 +0000 (UTC), David Arnstein wrote:
>
>
>> So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>>
> Yep, there are other search engines available

Jeanette wrote:


From what I read if Google didn't buy it Microsoft was going to.

[siljaline]

"Jeanette Russo" wrote:
<snip>
> From what I read if Google didn't buy it Microsoft was going to.

Site your sources, please - thank you.

Silj

--
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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[Ron Lopshire]

David Arnstein wrote:

> **** **** ****. They really went through with it:
>
> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/google-buys-doubleclick-31-billion/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo
>
> For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
> example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
> doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
> internet domains. And so on.
>
> So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>
> The *******s!

You can start by getting rid of all of your Gmail accounts. Fortunately,
--- smug alert --- , I had the foresight to never get one.

Ron

[Han]

Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
news:625Uh.2841$3P3.2104@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net:

> David Arnstein wrote:
>
>> **** **** ****. They really went through with it:
>>
>> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...click-31-billi
>> on/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myyah
>> oo&dist=myyahoo
>>
>> For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
>> example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
>> doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
>> internet domains. And so on.
>>
>> So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>>
>> The *******s!
>
> You can start by getting rid of all of your Gmail accounts.
> Fortunately, --- smug alert --- , I had the foresight to never get
> one.
>
> Ron
>
I'm definitely no fan of spam, but would like you to know that Google at
least has good spam filters. I keep forwarding spam sent to my veri zon
address to Spamcop. VZ apparently has no taste for good email - they block
my friends from overseas, but let the spam through.


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

[Ron Lopshire]

Han wrote:
> Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
> news:625Uh.2841$3P3.2104@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net:
>
>>David Arnstein wrote:
>>
>>>**** **** ****. They really went through with it:
>>>
>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...click-31-billi
>>>on/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myyah
>>>oo&dist=myyahoo
>>>
>>>For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
>>>example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
>>>doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
>>>internet domains. And so on.
>>>
>>>So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>>>
>>>The *******s!
>>
>>You can start by getting rid of all of your Gmail accounts.
>>Fortunately, --- smug alert --- , I had the foresight to never get
>>one.
>
> I'm definitely no fan of spam, but would like you to know that Google at
> least has good spam filters. I keep forwarding spam sent to my veri zon
> address to Spamcop. VZ apparently has no taste for good email - they block
> my friends from overseas, but let the spam through.

I can count on one hand the number of pieces of spam that have gotten
through my spam filter in past year.

http://keir.net/k9.html - free for personal use, read the EULA

POP3 only. I no longer do any filtering on any of the servers that
handle my dozen or so email accounts. Which means that I have not lost
any email due to FPs. None. Zero. Zilch. I would rather get a 100 pieces
of spam per day than miss one important email message.

Without a doubt, K9 is the finest piece of software that I have ever
used. It simply works. Period.

Ron

[Han]

Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
news:9j7Uh.216$Ut6.5@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink. net:

> Han wrote:
>> Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
>> news:625Uh.2841$3P3.2104@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net:
>>
>>>David Arnstein wrote:
>>>
>>>>**** **** ****. They really went through with it:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...eclick-31-bill
>>>>i
>>>>on/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myya
>>>>h oo&dist=myyahoo
>>>>
>>>>For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
>>>>example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
>>>>doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
>>>>internet domains. And so on.
>>>>
>>>>So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>>>>
>>>>The *******s!
>>>
>>>You can start by getting rid of all of your Gmail accounts.
>>>Fortunately, --- smug alert --- , I had the foresight to never get
>>>one.
>>
>> I'm definitely no fan of spam, but would like you to know that Google
>> at least has good spam filters. I keep forwarding spam sent to my
>> veri zon address to Spamcop. VZ apparently has no taste for good
>> email - they block my friends from overseas, but let the spam
>> through.
>
> I can count on one hand the number of pieces of spam that have gotten
> through my spam filter in past year.
>
> http://keir.net/k9.html - free for personal use, read the EULA
>
> POP3 only. I no longer do any filtering on any of the servers that
> handle my dozen or so email accounts. Which means that I have not lost
> any email due to FPs. None. Zero. Zilch. I would rather get a 100
> pieces of spam per day than miss one important email message.
>
> Without a doubt, K9 is the finest piece of software that I have ever
> used. It simply works. Period.
>
> Ron
>

Thanks for the link. I'd heard of K9, but that was a long time ago. I
use MailwasherPro and Eudora. That works fine for me. Mailwasher
doesn't "render" the html, just shows the first so many lines of an
email. It has white and blacklisting, spamreporting and deleting off of
the popserver. I like to see what is addressed to me, and this is the
"best" solution for me <grin>.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

[Ron Lopshire]

Han wrote:

> Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
> news:9j7Uh.216$Ut6.5@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink. net:
>
>>Han wrote:
>>
>>>Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in
>>>news:625Uh.2841$3P3.2104@newsread3.news.pas.ear thlink.net:
>>>
>>>>David Arnstein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>**** **** ****. They really went through with it:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...eclick-31-bill
>>>>>i
>>>>>on/story.aspx?guid={688258ED-F4A5-43C4-9975-B312C7FEF516}&siteid=myya
>>>>>h oo&dist=myyahoo
>>>>>
>>>>>For the past several years, I have used doubleclick as the canonical
>>>>>example in malware problems to solve: how to block all cookies from
>>>>>doubleclick. How to block IP traffic from all members of doubleclick
>>>>>internet domains. And so on.
>>>>>
>>>>>So what am I going to do now? Block all of Google?
>>>>>
>>>>>The *******s!
>>>>
>>>>You can start by getting rid of all of your Gmail accounts.
>>>>Fortunately, --- smug alert --- , I had the foresight to never get
>>>>one.
>>>
>>>I'm definitely no fan of spam, but would like you to know that Google
>>>at least has good spam filters. I keep forwarding spam sent to my
>>>veri zon address to Spamcop. VZ apparently has no taste for good
>>>email - they block my friends from overseas, but let the spam
>>>through.
>>
>>I can count on one hand the number of pieces of spam that have gotten
>>through my spam filter in past year.
>>
>> http://keir.net/k9.html - free for personal use, read the EULA
>>
>>POP3 only. I no longer do any filtering on any of the servers that
>>handle my dozen or so email accounts. Which means that I have not lost
>>any email due to FPs. None. Zero. Zilch. I would rather get a 100
>>pieces of spam per day than miss one important email message.
>>
>>Without a doubt, K9 is the finest piece of software that I have ever
>>used. It simply works. Period.
>
> Thanks for the link. I'd heard of K9, but that was a long time ago. I
> use MailwasherPro and Eudora. That works fine for me. Mailwasher
> doesn't "render" the html, just shows the first so many lines of an
> email. It has white and blacklisting, spamreporting and deleting off of
> the popserver. I like to see what is addressed to me, and this is the
> "best" solution for me <grin>.

Unfortunately, MW still promotes email bouncing, a truly insidious
blight on all of us.

http://www.dontbouncespam.org/

And from Robin's web site,

http://keir.net/k9_faq.html#faq14

I know many people use and like MW, but it has long been past the time
for this odious feature and practice to go away. And the only way that
MW will get rid of it is if and when MW's users force the issue.

People who use email bouncing are worse than the spammers. At least the
spammers are trying to feed their families.

BTW, K9 has all of those MW features that you mentioned as well, except
for the spam reporting which I would never use (too much chance for
abuse). And without the email bouncing, of course. [bg]

Ron