Any Ideas on Turning off the Spammer?

Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:

I am acquainted with one fellow from Supernews through
some committee work we do online. I heard of them
for years before I finally signed up with them. I
think it's pretty safe to say that this is not the
way Supernews drums up business.

Marty

And it seems a second wave of the crap made it though Supernews' filters.
I've got about 50 today and this is the first I've seen of it.

On 2007-08-13 04:01:00 -0700, "Kyle Boatright" said:

I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are
from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block
the messages in OE.

Suggestions?

Just filter out any messages cross-posted to sci.crypt. This will not
work with Outlook Express 6 on Windows 98/SE, however. That particular
version of OE will attempt to download all 900,000 back-logged messages
on sci.crypt before filtering them out.

I wonder what the sporger has against sci.crypt?
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Kyle Boatright wrote:
I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are
from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block
the messages in OE.

Suggestions?


I run NewsProxy (aka Nfilter) together with Outlook Express. In its
configuration file, I have the following rules which appear to have tamed this
particular beast. I saw about a dozen messages with just rule 1; after I added
rules 2 and 3 there have been no more messages. So I credit NewsProxy with
deleting the 1700+ bogus messages in this and other beleagured newsgroups.

* drop xref:[^:]+{1,}
* drop xref:sci.crypt
* drop xpost:sci.crypt

I'm not exactly sure whether the xref or xpost parameter is correct but the
program seems to be happy with both and the supply of bogus messages has
completely dried up. The first rule nukes crossposted messages... period.
Pretty much every off-topic message on usenet is crossposted, so why allow it?



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:

Kyle Boatright wrote:
I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure they are
from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't know how to block
the messages in OE.

Suggestions?


I run NewsProxy (aka Nfilter) together with Outlook Express. In its
configuration file, I have the following rules which appear to have tamed this
particular beast. I saw about a dozen messages with just rule 1; after I added
rules 2 and 3 there have been no more messages. So I credit NewsProxy with
deleting the 1700+ bogus messages in this and other beleagured newsgroups.

* drop xref:[^:]+{1,}
* drop xref:sci.crypt
* drop xpost:sci.crypt

I'm not exactly sure whether the xref or xpost parameter is correct but the
program seems to be happy with both and the supply of bogus messages has
completely dried up. The first rule nukes crossposted messages... period.
Pretty much every off-topic message on usenet is crossposted, so why allow it?
Because a lot of messages are legitimately cross-posted, where they
touch on topics covered in two forums. E.g., a question about glues to
use on a wooden float for an amphibious plane could be posted to
r.a.h, rec.woodworking, and some wooden boatbuilding forum. I think
your #2 would do the trick.

--
Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.

"Kyle Boatright" wrote:
I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure
they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't
know how to block the messages in OE.

Everyone should do the following:

Send a complaint to the abuse reporting address provided by your Usenet
provider (in Kyle's case that is probably ) Also examine
the headers to see where the posts may be coming from. For example, I
noticed in the Google Groups archive that the headers of a couple of the
offending messages indicated the source was cox.net, and their abuse
reporting address is . Consider sending a copy of the report
on to them.

Pick one or two samples and copy and paste _all_ the headers of the sample
offending messages to your abuse report.

"KB" == Kyle Boatright writes:

KB Suggestions?

Enjoy them. They are as entertaining, and make more sense, than
the off-topic political spews in this group.

--
He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so
much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he
kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the
preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the
cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, "I'll be
waiting for you in heaven--with a gun."
- Jack Handey

Kyle Boatright wrote:

I'm seeing a huge number of spam postings in this group. I'm sure
they are from a bot, but since the address keeps switching, I don't
know how to block the messages in OE.

Suggestions?

I'm using xananews, and I haven't seen any of it. At work I use outlook
express, and it shows it all.

--
Oz Lander.
Straight and Level Forum.
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Straight_...ex.php?act=idx