"gatt" wrote in
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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Granted, it wouldn't *stop* spam. However, all reputable ISPs will
suspend Usenet access, if not cancel the account entirely, for posting
spam.

This is part of what I do for a living. Let me tell you....I've gotten
about 8,000 mails to the abuse address this month alone, and I have
about three hours a week to address them. The higher-ups just don't
see a need for full-time abuse management. Not only that, but about
half of that IS spam, but unlike other accounts, abuse admins can't
filter spam or they'll also filter complaints about spam.

So if one person complains about something somebody posted on the
internet, a policy administrator MIGHT actually see it and then triage
it. "That dude called me a jew" gets bit-bucketed with Scientology
threats and other minor issues and addressed IF I have time; generally,
though, I have bigger fish to fry such as the phishing scammers out of
eastern europe, pedophilia sites (NAILED an entire ring with the help of
the FBI in March), denial of service attacks, copyright infringement,
etc. I get subpoenas from Homeland Security, the FBI and, most
recently, Al Jazeera. (!!) Admins TRY to get it all, but because the
friggin' gubmint confounds every attempt to control spam (it's freedom
of speech, you see, and people "want" spam...just ask the spammers. And
ignore the theft of services...)

Geeez....tell that to the nuts over at Supernews. They take
spamming so seriously that their filters start taking out the
good stuff. Then, if you complain, you get bitched at for
complaining and asked why you want spam.

To be honest, I'd rather err on the side of getting some spam
in order to allow me to NOT miss ANY legit postings. I am an
adult and I know how to use a spam filter. If there's something
I don't like, I'll block it myself, thank you very much.

Besides, one persons spam is another persons gold.

Brian
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