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Old July 1st 04, 05:45 AM
Jorge R. Frank
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Default response to sci.space.moderated skeptics

Joe Strout wrote in
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In article ,
wrote:

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How in the world did a pyramic-scheme spam get past the moderators?
(Not picking on them, just genuinely curious.)


Forging the appropriate moderator approvals in the headers is not easy, but
it is possible, and happens occasionally even on s.s.science and s.s.tech,
which are more tightly moderated than s.s.moderated.


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