From: Charles Calvert <cbciv@...>
Date: 2009-06-11T22:20:10+09:00
Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:51:29 -0500, Aaron Turner <synfinatic@gmail.com>
wrote in
<1ca1c1410906080951q548e8b7di2accf2109bd3ae0d@mail.gmail.com>:

>On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Charles Calvert<cbciv@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 12:05:05 -0500, Aaron Turner <synfinatic@gmail.com>
>> wrote in
>> <1ca1c1410906071004v7acb4e42xe9d088d349c5457c@mail.gmail.com>:
>>
>> [re: requiring comp.lang.ruby users to register with ruby-talk list to
>> have their posts gatewayed to the list. �I said it was a small
>> barrier, Frank Senault said it was a big one ...]
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>Simply put, if you don't find my proposed solution workable, then
>>>please provide a better one which has the impact of stopping the spam
>>>(keeping the headers while nice, won't accomplish that).
>>
>> Aaron, how much spam are you seeing? �I'm seeing only a handful a day
>> on my news server. �I ask because if newsfeed that is used for the
>> gateway propagates a lot of spam, maybe we could find a cleaner
>> newsfeed instead.
>
>As I said, not enough spam to get me to unsubscribe.  Used to be about
>1 a day, now it seems to be like 3-5.  Am I making a bigger deal out
>of this then it probably warrants at this time?  Probably.  Like many,
>I just have a very low threshold for spam nowadays and I'm concerned
>that the trend seems to be moving in the wrong direction.

I've noticed an increase in spam from one or a few sources in
technical groups on Usenet recently.  After enough complaints, the
perpetrator should be shut down and go away.  Then another will
surface. <sigh>

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