Look, this is a newsgroup that you voluntarily subscribe to. To solve
the problem of abuse, you either just bugger off or filter out the
people you don't like.

I was actually speaking in a general way, not specifically about this
group.

You've been pretty specific up until now


Do you really think that's the same as someone
walking up to your front door or ringing you?

That is for a court to decide.

Fortunately the courts wouldn't waste their time



I'm sure the police define
harassment as something that the recipient cannot easily avoid, which is
clearly not the case here.

Someone can move house to avoid a doorbell ringer.

That is hardly avoiding it easily