From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-06-06T10:49:27+09:00
Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet

On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Joshua Collins wrote:

> Yes, there is a bit of spam getting through, but it is not enough to  
> annoy me. I just hit 'report spam' in my Gmail account and I do not  
> get any more mail from that user.

Please never do this!

Gateway messages come from a address I setup for the purpose.  You are  
not reporting the spammer.  Instead you are reporting me.  Our host  
has already threatened to shut the gateway down once due to these  
complaints. If the complaint volume increases, we will be forcefully  
terminated.

The headers of gated messages point out this detail:

> Received: from Usenet via a Usenet to mail gateway located at
>     comp.lang.ruby.  This service provided as a courtesy
>     to the ruby-talk mailing list.  If this message is SPAM, its
>     ultimate origin is Usenet, not this gateway program.  All
>     subscribers to the ruby-talk mailing list agree to receive the
>     Usenet postings made to comp.lang.ruby via this gateway.  Please
>     email ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org for gateway support.

Thanks.

James Edward Gray II