From: "F. Senault" Date: 2009-06-09T05:10:05+09:00 Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet Le Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:11:54 -0400, Charles Calvert a �crit : > On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:51:08 +0200, "F. Senault" > wrote in <1wis1axrnyg0i$.dlg@laphroaig.lacave.local>: > >>Le 7 juin 2009 � 03:48, Charles Calvert a �crit : >> >>> This would take some work, but it is possible. >> >>With the sad state of most usenet servers world wide, a status change >>will not be propagated correctly everywhere. > > That's more of a problem in the alt hierarchy. I have some experience from the regional side of things (fr.*), and it's pretty bleak. We have a hell of a time to get the local ISPs to take into account the changes, even with signed messages using a 10 years old key. :| > comp.lang.ruby is a > big-8 group, and changes are propagated much better in the big-8. Not > perfectly, mind you, but pretty well. Google is a notable exception. Mh. Google alone is enough to be very carful in this situation, IMHO. Fred -- OOS...