Min as Spammer

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

"mick" wrote in message
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Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

For the same reason that they can't block your spam! Look who in hell is
calling the kettle black.

Al

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:56:32 GMT, mick wrote:

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

This is an unmoderated group, and even though Daniel Joseph
Min is the personification of one having far too much time on one's hands,
he is, being a living, breathing denizen of the Milky Way, nonetheless
entitled to voice his opinion, albeit most irritatingly so.

Do you have a kill-file? If so, use it; if not, take one dose of Min's
stale prescription of Thorazine every four hours until His Min-ness goes
away.

Asidedly, what do you think would most certainly become of you were
the "creators" given the power?

Alan

Do you have a kill-file? If so, use it; if not, take one dose of
Min's
stale prescription of Thorazine every four hours until His Min-ness goes
away.



God...your one of them. I certainly WON'T take your experience as
advice!

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:36:30 GMT, "Al"
wrote:


"mick" wrote in message
.. .
Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

For the same reason that they can't block your spam! Look who in hell is
calling the kettle black.

Al

You got a real problem. It all has to do with cockeyed perception.
Take a lude..dude!

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:56:32 GMT, mick wrote:

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

It is un-moderated. No net nanny here.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:13:07 GMT, tmc
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:56:32 GMT, mick wrote:

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

It is un-moderated. No net nanny here.


Thanks TMC for your civilized answer. But, it seems to me that
forteinc.com has control over this. What if I was FBI and was tracking
kid porn perps on here. How would they track down such scum? My
point is, there must be some kind of intervention available or
tracking even in newsgroups. Certainly things aren't 100% anonymous
here, are they?

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:33:58 GMT, mick wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:13:07 GMT, tmc
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:56:32 GMT, mick wrote:

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

It is un-moderated. No net nanny here.


Thanks TMC for your civilized answer. But, it seems to me that
forteinc.com has control over this. What if I was FBI and was tracking
kid porn perps on here. How would they track down such scum? My
point is, there must be some kind of intervention available or
tracking even in newsgroups. Certainly things aren't 100% anonymous
here, are they?

If I'm not mistaken, an agent would actually monitor the headers
within a given group...

....like we do.

That is, if there is reason to suspect someone of this, that, or the other.

And no, a nice tidy record is meticulously maintained by the venerable
Google.


However, I think it more likely that they would be monitoring chat
rooms rather than Usenet, particularly those frequented by young people...

Is that how you met up with the pervs, creeps, and wierdies that have
done THIS to you?

Alan

mick wrote in message . ..
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:13:07 GMT, tmc
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:56:32 GMT, mick wrote:

Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

It is un-moderated. No net nanny here.


Thanks TMC for your civilized answer. But, it seems to me that
forteinc.com has control over this. What if I was FBI and was tracking
kid porn perps on here. How would they track down such scum? My
point is, there must be some kind of intervention available or
tracking even in newsgroups. Certainly things aren't 100% anonymous
here, are they?

Forteinc.com do NOT have control over this. Usenet is NOT controlled
by any one orginisation. Forte write interface software to allow
people to read the newsgroups with a shiney GUI, and act as a
newsgroup server to paying customers, but they do NOT control what
happens on servers controlled by other orginisations or individuals.
Forte can choose to block Min's postings on their servers if they
wish. What they cannot do is block his or anyone else's postings on
any other server. That would be like me trying to control which TV
channels you can watch on your TV in your own home. If you don't like
Min's kookery, either ignore him or killfile him if your newsreader
supports it.

As for tracking who posts the messages, it can be done (I did that
sort of thing in a previous job), but only when people actually post
messages. Just reading a message doesn't always leave a record on a
server that it has been read, or a reliable record on a server of who
read it. You have to actually post a message before anyone can trace
your identity with any hope of certainty, and with unsecure news
servers, there are ways to change electronic identities to evade being
tracked (notice how Min keeps changing his posting name? That's to get
his messages seen by people who killfile him based on a specific
username. By switching to another username, the killfiles don't block
him until other people update them with his new username).

mick wrote in message news:
Why can't the creators of this newsgroup block out all of Mins spam
and pychobabble?

I have a solution, Nick. Go away. Then you'll never see Min's posts,
and we won't have to see yours.

Chris Nicholl