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Re: discussion: should comp.dcom.cell-relay be moderated?

  • From: mjy <mjyelland@hotmail.comNOSPAM>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:46:37 -0800

IMNSHO, providers and backbone suppliers should be filtering SPAM mail.

ronald h. davis wrote:

> there are one, or likely more than one, pranksters roaming around
> internet newsgroups and flooding them with forged posts.  the number
> of such posts literally reaches into the thousands in some newsgroups.
> granted there have been the occasional promotion of adult oriented
> services in this newsgroup but the number of such posts has been small
> enough as to not be a problem.  however, in this case it appears that
> pranksters are trying to bring down this newsgroup by forging posts
> and cancelling posts from other which is causing me to raise the issue
> for discussion here as to whether we should make this newsgroup a
> moderated one.
>
> comments?  suggestions as to how/whether this should be brought to a
> vote and implemented?
>
> --
>   __  ______  __  / __/ |       lucent technologies, naperville il, usa
> _/ (_(_) / (_(_/_/_(_/  .       ronald.h.davis@lucent.com
> "if you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes"  -- edmund wilson