Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Daniel Pitts" Subject: Re: [OT] Who's echoing all posts redundantly? Please stop! Message-ID: <501EB530.56192.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 5dc56960 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: 32 Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:42:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344192155 69.21.70.65 (Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:42:35 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:42:35 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17233 To: Robert Klemme From: Daniel Pitts On 8/4/12 2:07 PM, Robert Klemme wrote: > So I tried to reach them at > > root@time.synchro.net, > postmaster@time.synchro.net, > webmaster@time.synchro.net, > news@time.synchro.net, > newsmaster@time.synchro.net > > No errors but also no response - yet. I suspect nobody read the email. > > Currently I have a filter on "X-Gateway: time.synchro.net" OR > "NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65". But that still does not make reading > c.l.j.p a pleasant experience currently. Perhaps looking to the owners of synchro.net (not time.synchro.net), which appears to be a hosting service for BBSs. My theory is that someone created a BBS<-->Usenet bridge, which is broken, and is running it on synchro.net's services. I've been too busy to investigate it myself. Good luck, Daniel. --- 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