Re: Saltzman Part ?--SPAM SPAM SPAM---
"Jean-David Beyer" <jeandavid8@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:e6F5k.40587$lE3.13032@trnddc05...
> Richard Knoppow wrote:
>> "David Nebenzahl" <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
>> message
>> news:4856c5a0$0$18907$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers,com ...
>>> On 6/16/2008 11:33 AM weiwei spake thus:
>>>
>>>> For example,
>> Spam snipped...
>>> Take your goddamn Chinese spam and get the *fuck* out of
>>> here. We don't
>>> want it!
>>>
>>>
>>> -- The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
>>> conversation
>>> with the average voter.
>>>
>>> - Attributed to Winston Churchill
>>
>>
>> Did you report this to his ISP? Spammers seldom read the
>> groups they
>> spam. I reported this but it would help if others did
>> too.
>
> Who do you suppose his ISP is? Clearly not
> news.newsgroupbanter,com and not
> photobanter,com either, because they are both probably
> captive. Could it
> really be giganews?
>
> nwrddc01.gnilink,net !cyclone2.gnilink,net !cyclone1.gnilink,net !gnilink,net !
> nx01.iad01.newshosting,com !newshosting,com !216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!
> border1.nntp.dca.giganews,com !nntp.giganews,com !
> local02.nntp.dca.giganews,com !nntp.newsgroupbanter,com !
> news.newsgroupbanter,com .POSTED!not-for-mail
>
>> Every news group reader has a way of displaying the
>> entire header. Most
>> ISPs now have an abuse address to send complaints to. It
>> appears that the
>> old problem of open relays are now rare so true sources
>> can usually be
>> identified. An ISP may not respond to a single complaint
>> but will if it
>> gets multiple complaints. I've noticed an increasing
>> amount of spam on
>> the rec.photo groups. I think this is partly because the
>> amount of
>> traffic is down but also because the regular followers
>> are not being
>> rigorous about reporting spam.
>>
> ... and because the regular posters are burned out by all
> the spam and
> flaming and just do not care to fight that anymore?
>
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Well, it appears I was wrong about their being no open
relays anymore. Obviously this was posted through one.
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Richard Knoppow
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