Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Mike" <honey@michaelmoyse.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:sZCdnf-ryfe8nFfZnZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@pipex.net
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>>Ivor Jones wrote:
>>
>>>"Mike" <honey@michaelmoyse.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:76-dnYLlmuh_R1TZRVnysQ@pipex.net
>
>
> [snip]
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>>>>No offence but what makes you think the poster even
>>>>read this group before they posted let alone now?
>>>
>>>Doesn't matter. If you say nothing it gives the message
>>>you don't care. To other people who *do* read the
>>>group. Such as yourself.
>>
>>And does it stop the spam? ..... No. It's a pointless &
>>futile exercise.
>
>
> Maybe so but I can't sit by and do nothing. To do so would be to indicate
> acceptance.

But Ivor, wether you do something or nothing, the point is you can't
stop it. You might as well open your window, face China and shout as
loud as you can "Stop posting your crap to uk.telecom.voip!", it will
have the same effect. If someone wants to post there is no mechanisim to
stop them. If you want that level of control, you are better off running
a web forum. The people that post the crap don't give a damn about
charters.

Usenet is totally out of control, you only have to look at a group like
alt.os.windows-xp to see just how out of control it is. The kooks love
it because nobody can stop them and even less ISPs even do anything
about them. Sorry, I'll get down off my soapbox now.