Re: HIGHLY OFFENSIVE

Asad Quraishi (asad.quraishi_at_sympatico.ca) wrote:
: I second Denise on this one. I'm not very familiar with newsgroups - is
: there a moderator we can address on this one? I'd like to make sure we
: can delete this type of CRAP from the group as quickly as possible.
: There are plenty of porno sites on the Web. I'd like to have the choice
: not to be exposed to this garbage.

No, this is an un-moderated newsgroup, which means anyone can post anything they like to it :(

Back in the good old days such things as netiquette were observed whereby you would only post something that was relevant to the newsgroup. Commercialisation of the internet has helped make that a thing of the past.

There are certain types of automated programs that can go through and cancel obvious spams, but catching everything would be almost impossible.

You could set up a kill file to ignore certain types of messages - from certain people or certain subject lines, etc, etc. Any halfway decent newsreader offers such facilities.

Such sites as the below may also be of interest to you: http://www.ftech.net/~monark/spam/index.hts (inc further links) http://spam.abuse.net/spam/ (mainly deals with email)

: Denise, what makes you think the person who posted this is a member of a
: university?

You have to be careful when tracking down the site that original posted an article. Spammers can add certain lines to their post and/or alter various attributes. It's always best to look at the *full* header text of a message.

IAP

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