Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Joerg Meier" Subject: Re: [OT] Who's echoing all posts redundantly? Please stop! Message-ID: <501EB52E.56182.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Robert Klemme Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501EB52D.56177.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501EB52D.56177.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 09c0e793 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 b873e285 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 26 Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:42:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344192152 69.21.70.65 (Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:42:32 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:42:32 CDT Organization: tds.net X-Received-Bytes: 1966 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17224 To: Robert Klemme From: Joerg Meier On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:07:24 +0200, Robert Klemme wrote: > Yes. Sorry for not reporting back earlier. I had hoped I could come up > with better news. Here's the state of affairs: [...] I tried a similar (though less thorough) approach a few days ago, with no results either (other than the broken replies from tds). One more thing that might help is the following: in the German part of Usenet, we have a specific newsgroup to report abuse to, which to my understanding can then lead to the offending news server being blocked globally if they don't react. Is there maybe a similar mechanism for the worldwide Usenet ? Liebe Gruesse, Joerg -- Ich lese meine Emails nicht, replies to Email bleiben also leider ungelesen. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24