Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
> "Grant Erwin" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Some slimeball has apparently unleashed his venom at afb plus other NGs
>> I follow. Anyone know the details?
>>
> Dunno the details, but here's what I do: In the internet headers of the
> offending post is a "complaints to" email address. Send to that email
> address a copy of both the post itself and the complete internet headers.
>
> The more folks that do this complaining, the better. See those "cmsg
> cancel" messages? My best guess is that these are cancellations of the
> offenders trying to send out more spam. I have observed that in other
> newsgroups whose participants diligently complain that the spam level dies
> out very quickly. Of course, like weeds one has to be vigilent in this
> complaining.
>
>
I sent off three last night after I got irritated and started exploring
looking for filters. Filters on newsreaders need more uummphh! Not
enough control.
Piedmont