Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Tools/frameworks for Java multi-core programming? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <62479d2e-e766-433e-9d80-1589ab38fbc1@googlegroups.com> <503177d7$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <43d72faa-825b-462d-b44f-2800ef9ac00b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1345499503 15506 84.45.235.129 (20 Aug 2012 21:51:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:51:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18256 On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:01:52 -0700, Lew wrote: > Martin Gregorie wrote: >> Lew wrote: >>> anthonycwmak... wrote: > . . . >>>> Also, for some reason this threads seem to have a lot of repeated >>>> postings. >>> >>> You must be using Google Groups. >> >> Not necessarily. >> >> I'm reading my ISP's NNTP server with the Pan newsreader and I'm seeing >> the duplicates, though they're easy to recognise since Pan shows >> repeated To and From: header pairs in front of the message text. > >>> Someone is spamming the cljp newsgroup via some sort of bot that >>> duplicates old messages. >> >> Two thoughts: >> >> - what evidence is there that this is really a 'bot and not some bug in >> an inadequately tested server, possibly in Google Groups. > > There were some posts at around the time this all started announcing the > "new service" and someone else mentioning the infamous NewsMaestro > spamware. > >> I didn't see it before I went on holiday on the 25th of July but it >> was doing its thing when I got back online on the 18th of August. >> >> - I follow a few newsgroups but this is the only one that is showing >> this >> odd duplication bug. > > That's evidence of malice-aforethought 'ware. > > If the other hints are relevant, that is. In support of that, the e-mail address used in the domain's whois is rejected. However, as the registrar is GoDaddy, I suspect that would not be considered unusual. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |