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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are
from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
"Kyle Boatright" wrote: I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? Change your news service provider? Supernews is apparently filtering it all; I'm not seeing it. -- Dan T-182T at BFM |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
I couldn't tell the difference between these and the ones from MX.
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Kyle Boatright" wrote: I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? Change your news service provider? Supernews is apparently filtering it all; I'm not seeing it. It seems to have slowed a good bit, if not completely stopped. I don't think I have seen anything in about an hour or so on the Cox server. |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
"Viperdoc" wrote in message
... I couldn't tell the difference between these and the ones from MX. My guess is that they ARE from MX. He ran out of stupid questions to ask, so he's flooding the group with slightly less interesting drivel. |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
Suggestions?
WRT the spammer, I don't understand why people (or people with bots) bother with this sort of foolish web vandalism. Some people apparently have too much time on their hands. What's funny is that it's so...inconsequential. Imagine, it's as if (the horror!) we must all (wait for it...) have to (OMG!) actually (argh!) use our CLICKING FINGER MORE OFTEN to avoid reading their spam. The hardship of it all... Why, I oughta...pour another cup of coffee... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
Delete Y
Delete Y It's almost fun Jim "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... Suggestions? WRT the spammer, I don't understand why people (or people with bots) bother with this sort of foolish web vandalism. Some people apparently have too much time on their hands. What's funny is that it's so...inconsequential. Imagine, it's as if (the horror!) we must all (wait for it...) have to (OMG!) actually (argh!) use our CLICKING FINGER MORE OFTEN to avoid reading their spam. The hardship of it all... Why, I oughta...pour another cup of coffee... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
On Aug 13, 5:01 am, "Kyle Boatright" wrote:
I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? When you start a new thread, put a pictogram of an airplane at the start of the topic, e.g.: --|- (V-tail Bonanza) That way at a glance a real thread from a pilot can be spotted. Dean AeroLEDs LLC www.aeroleds.com |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:01:00 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote in : I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? It would seem that the rec.aviation.piloting newsgroup, like many other newsgroups, is being targeted for a "sporge" flood. In this first flood, the articles were injected into Usenet from 13:30 to 11:21 (local), about ten hours. It is unclear to me at this time why this is occurring, but it may be more than a malicious prank. ... While I have not yet found a method of filtering out the sporge articles, I have found some promising leads: Each article is crossposted to the sci.crypt newsgroup. The 'Path:' header field always contains: news.isoc.lu!news.grnet.gr The 'Subject:' header field always begins with a lower-case letter Perhaps filters can be successfully written to exploit these consistencies. My fear is that newsgroup subscribers who are unable to filter out the sporge articles may become so frustrated as to discontinue to participate in newsgroup discussion in the future. |
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Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?
"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "Kyle Boatright" wrote: I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block the messages in OE. Suggestions? Change your news service provider? Supernews is apparently filtering it all; I'm not seeing it. Supernews could be the spammer. Someone posted last week that this group was scheduled for a sporge flood and Supernews could filter it. Great marketing technique. |
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