From: Michael Bruschkewitz Date: 2009-06-07T09:15:08+09:00 Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet "James Gray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:85C88458-05FA-4801-94E3-F0FE4DB3511C@grayproductions.net... > On Jun 6, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Michael Bruschkewitz wrote: > >> My suggestion: >> Mark spams by replies from some responsible persons which add >> [SPAMTHREAD] in topic. >> Most newsreaders should be able to hide a thread marked this way. > > I think we need to find a solution that doesn't involve adding to the > noise level. > I was aware that it would about double the number of unnecessary messages. But it would only bring more message headers. I thought about a solution which could be handled by readers on NNTP and on the mailing list too. I don't think it is possible to implement a solution without human assistance. I also think it is not practicable to convert the NG to a moderated one, because this would need positive acknowledgement of every single message. Not only the amount of work would be huge, it would bring unnecessary delays. So, every message must pass first. Because of the need of human intervention, it would be only possible to remove the spam belatedly. Because I think it is nearly impossible to remove a message from ML/NG/GG altogether, the only possibility is an additional mark. Either, this mark is brought in inband by using the same medium as the original message, or by using an different medium. But a different medium would need extension of the features of the newsreaders/mailreaders. 2ct. (Maybe "Shoes" should be renamed as this subject possibly is magnetic to all these sellers of Nike scrap...;)