I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? ) free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

Thanks !
JCD

"pogo" wrote in message
...
I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? )
free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys
pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

Thanks !
JCD


This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.

I wish you luck in your quest.

Wayne

"pogo" writes:

I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? ) free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

The jerk seems to have gotten bored with this group.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:49:12 -0500, Robert Swinney wrote:
Ask Iggy. He is our moderator.

I don't recall him ever claiming such. What's the deal?

According to pogo C-R-M
I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? ) free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

I don't think that there was *anything* that was done by any of
us -- other than tricks to clean the list of articles to download on a
short-term basis so we could get to the real articles.

I think that we were simply not enough fun for him, and he went
to newsgroups were there was more reaction to his postings.

The real solution would be to change it to a moderated
newsgroup, except that this is a quite difficult process these days, and
that sort of thing can burn out whoever is unlucky enough to be the
moderator at that time.

Good Luck,
DoN.
--
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"Wayne Lundberg" writes:

This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.

I wish you luck in your quest.

At least it isn't like rec.models.rockets -- somebody there has a
grudge against several regular posters, and seems to have time to
write incredible, obscenity-laden screeds anytime any of them post.
I'm not qualified to make a diagnosis, but he's obviously got a pretty
severe mental imbalance. There's also the regular dose of sporge
that's also hitting some other groups I read...

Fortunately (for that group) he declared victory a couple of days ago,
and seems to have disappeared -- while warning us that he'll be
watching our conduct. So I expect to see more of it in the
all-too-near future. Which is really sad, as there was a time when
that was one of my favorite newsgroups.

"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...

"pogo" wrote in message
...
I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? )
free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys
pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate
the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

Thanks !
JCD


This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.

I wish you luck in your quest.

Wayne

Yeah I know! I am halfway taking it personally! If I have ****ed anyone off
I would hope they would just target me, not everyone else.
:-(

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...
According to pogo C-R-M
I have noticed that this newsgroup lately is relatively (or totally ? )
free
of the sporge that was attacking it a few weeks ago. I am a member of
another NG that still gets that crap, and was wondering how you guys
pulled
that off ? Is there someone that has taken it upon himself to moderate
the
group and sends out "delete requests" to the network ?

Just trying to get a clue so I/we can do the same on the other group. ( a
couple of people on here will recognize my user name ... )

I don't think that there was *anything* that was done by any of
us -- other than tricks to clean the list of articles to download on a
short-term basis so we could get to the real articles.

I would like to hear more about that! anything at all ... :-)

I think that we were simply not enough fun for him, and he went
to newsgroups were there was more reaction to his postings.

The real solution would be to change it to a moderated
newsgroup, except that this is a quite difficult process these days, and
that sort of thing can burn out whoever is unlucky enough to be the
moderator at that time.

Good Luck,
DoN.

Thanks for the info and suggestions. "The truth is out there" - its just
covered by a bunch of hooey lately!

pogo wrote:

Thanks for the info and suggestions. "The truth is out there" - its just
covered by a bunch of hooey lately!



I gotta admit, I like your attitude, pogo.



Old German Saying:

"There are many levels of truth".


Richard

Wayne Lundberg wrote:
This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.
--At least one other group heavily hit is sci.engr.joining.welding
and we haven't got a clue what to do with it. Always interested in solutions
we are!

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Feeling like Bender in
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : a strong magnetic field...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

steamer wrote:

Wayne Lundberg wrote:
This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.
--At least one other group heavily hit is sci.engr.joining.welding
and we haven't got a clue what to do with it. Always interested in solutions
we are!


Find a better news server.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

According to pogo C-R-M
"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...

[ ... ]

This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.

[ ... ]

Yeah I know! I am halfway taking it personally! If I have ****ed anyone off
I would hope they would just target me, not everyone else.

Believe me -- if they were ****ed off at *you* -- they would
make sure that everyone else in the newsgroup *knew* that you were the
reason they were targeting the newsgroup. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

--
Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---

According to pogo C-R-M
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...

[ ... ]

I don't think that there was *anything* that was done by any of
us -- other than tricks to clean the list of articles to download on a
short-term basis so we could get to the real articles.

I would like to hear more about that! anything at all ... :-)

The trick is to examine the headers of several of the offending
articles, looking for things like "NNTP-Posting-Host: " being the same,
or some part of the "Message-ID: ", or some trailing part of the "Path: "
header. Once you find something which is common to all (or many) of the
offending articles, add that to your killfile. (This requires a
newsreader with a good killfile which can be targeted on something more
than just the "From: " header (Author). I think that Outlook Express is
a lost cause for serious killfiles. :-)

Then exit and re-enter the newsgroup and see whether that got
rid of all of the offending articles. If not, repeat with what is left,
until you come back clean.

If they are really working at spaming the newsgroup, you will
probably have to repeat this as they switch servers.

Or -- get a news account with someone (like the Newsguy which I
use) which prides themselves on killing spam. If things get bad, report
to their newsguy.general newsgroup, and they will add the necessary
information to "SpamHippo's" list of allowed food. :-)

Of course -- this only works while you are using that news
server.

Good Luck,
DoN.
--
Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...
According to pogo C-R-M
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...

[ ... ]

I don't think that there was *anything* that was done by any of
us -- other than tricks to clean the list of articles to download on a
short-term basis so we could get to the real articles.

I would like to hear more about that! anything at all ... :-)

The trick is to examine the headers of several of the offending
articles, looking for things like "NNTP-Posting-Host: " being the same,
or some part of the "Message-ID: ", or some trailing part of the "Path: "
header. Once you find something which is common to all (or many) of the
offending articles, add that to your killfile. (This requires a
newsreader with a good killfile which can be targeted on something more
than just the "From: " header (Author). I think that Outlook Express is
a lost cause for serious killfiles. :-)

Then exit and re-enter the newsgroup and see whether that got
rid of all of the offending articles. If not, repeat with what is left,
until you come back clean.

If they are really working at spaming the newsgroup, you will
probably have to repeat this as they switch servers.

Or -- get a news account with someone (like the Newsguy which I
use) which prides themselves on killing spam. If things get bad, report
to their newsguy.general newsgroup, and they will add the necessary
information to "SpamHippo's" list of allowed food. :-)

Of course -- this only works while you are using that news
server.

Good Luck,
DoN.

Thanks for the info!
JCD

"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
...
pogo wrote:

Thanks for the info and suggestions. "The truth is out there" - its just
covered by a bunch of hooey lately!

I gotta admit, I like your attitude, pogo.
Richard

heh heh heh :-)

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...
According to pogo C-R-M
"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...

[ ... ]

This in interesting Pogo, the robotics group has been really hit by
this
crap yet no other newsgroup I participate in has the same overwhelming
number of incredibly ridiculous postings.

[ ... ]

Yeah I know! I am halfway taking it personally! If I have ****ed anyone
off
I would hope they would just target me, not everyone else.

Believe me -- if they were ****ed off at *you* -- they would
make sure that everyone else in the newsgroup *knew* that you were the
reason they were targeting the newsgroup. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

Well, that's good to know ... ummmmm .... I *think* ! :-)
Thanks -
jcd