From: Charles Calvert <cbciv@...>
Date: 2009-06-07T10:35:06+09:00
Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:34:39 -0500, James Gray
<james@grayproductions.net> wrote in
<0246F2F4-1A4F-4C93-98A4-7D72BD025950@grayproductions.net>:

>On Jun 6, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Charles Calvert wrote:
>
>>> I manage the Google Group and I try to delete all the SPAM I come
>>> across, so anything that can reduce it is helpful to me.
>>
>> On Usenet, there are some options:
>>
>> 1. Complain to the ISP of the offender.
>
>Yes and this is fine if Usenet folks complain about the message before  
>it was gated.  Again, please do not complain about a message on Ruby  
>Talk after it was gated as you are then complaining about my email  
>address.

Noted.

Thank you for your efforts in maintaining the gateway.  Spam issues
aside, I think that your work benefits everyone by creating a larger
community while allowing everyone to use their interface of choice.
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