Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.in-chemnitz.de!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.szaf.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: bill Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Spam in the group Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:22:41 -0500 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net rLoTFmyTxl4CB69pSwJYFQKUaCyYeJTNg9ruP/3ezQ0SSRaTER Cancel-Lock: sha1:emhvkA0SHi074aWi19Vb4NiFza4= sha256:cAAJyD2qXWyntOAGd+1p/dTMzHX4B7XSfIjp+3NX0dE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.tandy:759 On 12/4/2023 10:31 PM, Bob Campbell wrote: > Black Epyon wrote: >> Anybody with admin privileges able to ban Marry Najar, Vigdis Rupard, and >> Easter Rumley? They've been spamming download links for the past couple >> months. Likely bot accounts. >> > > LOL, good one. > > Seriously, there are no admins here. This is usenet. No one is “in > charge”. Anything goes. It’s up to you to filter out the shit. > That's not really true. All of the SPAM is coming from Google Groups. The admins for the machines providing connections to Google should pull the plug. That's how USENET works. bill