Richard H Huelin wrote:
> M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:38:20 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
>> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmgconsultants" <kidseyeview.us_jmg@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>
>>
>> Carry on spamming mate I don't mind unlike Ivor I know how to use a
>> kill file if I don't want to read your posts in the kill file you go .
>> It is a very simple procedure actually Ivor you should learn how to do
>> it .
>
>
> You really are a complete and utter plonker. Tolerating every tom dick
> and harry spamming news groups would end up in their demise. Why not
> check it out with your clueless spam tolerant ISP, one of the few if not
> the only UK ISP to have been the subject of a UDP.
>
> Continually calling Ivor a "net cop" and insulting him makes you look
> like an overexcited untrained puppy that yaps and urinates at the same
> time.
I hate newsgroup spam as much as the next person but, anyone who thinks
that posting a "please go away - don't spam here" message in the
newsgroup is going to stop it is pissing in the wind.
1. The spammer doesn't care
2. The spammer doesn't even read this group
3. The spammers bot doesn't care
4. The spammers bot doesn't even read this group
5. The user of a compromised machine doesn't care
6. The user of a compromised machine doesn't even read this group
7. The spammer who compromised the machine doesn't care
8. The bot running on the compromised machine doesn't care
9. etc. etc. etc.
What is needed is a way of blacklisting and whitelisting or an
"invitation only" system. I'd ban anonynmous remailers completely as
these are often used by abusive users to start or perpetuate flame wars.
Newsgroups would be much more civil places if we knew for certain who
was who.