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Re: Why just this group?

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Tony Mountifield wrote:

> I subscribe to a number of Web/DB kind of newsgroups (mysql, php, perl,
> javascript, etc.), and out of all of them, it's only comp.lang.javascript
> that appears to have this perennial problem with spam. Just wondering
> why this group gets picked on, while the others are generally clean.

This is a FAQ (more like a FFQ).  There are several reasons for the spam, 
*none* of which is on-topic here (so you should *not* have asked *here*).

One has been named.  Another is that even without the spam this is or at 
least has been a high-traffic group.  Third, JavaScript, and ECMAScript 
implementations in general, have become a "household topic" among software 
developers.  Spammers post where they suspect the most attention.


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Why just this group? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-12 21:26 +0000
  Re: Why just this group? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-12 21:42 +0000
    Re: Why just this group? RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-12-12 19:24 -0800
    Re: Why just this group? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 11:43 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-13 12:46 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 13:53 +0000
        Re: Why just this group? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 15:58 +0000
          Re: Why just this group? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2011-12-14 21:30 +0100
  Re: Why just this group? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-12 21:48 +0000
    Re: Why just this group? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-13 08:57 +1100
      Re: Why just this group? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2011-12-12 23:08 +0100
        Re: Why just this group? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-13 10:16 +0000
          Re: Why just this group? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-13 10:32 +0000
            Re: Why just this group? Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 13:56 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-12 22:22 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-12-13 14:30 +0100
      Re: Why just this group? Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2011-12-13 08:58 -0500
  Re: Why just this group? Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> - 2011-12-12 17:47 -0500
    Re: Why just this group? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-13 10:18 +0000
  Re: Why just this group? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-12-13 00:15 +0100
    Re: Why just this group? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-13 10:27 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Richard Cornford <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-13 04:14 -0800
    Re: Why just this group? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-13 16:06 +0000
  Re: Why just this group? Dr J R Stockton <reply1150@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-13 20:02 +0000
    Re: Why just this group? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-13 17:29 -0800
      Re: Why just this group? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-14 09:11 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-14 10:25 +0000
  Re: Why just this group? "P E Schoen" <paul@pstech-inc.com> - 2011-12-17 01:51 -0500
    Re: Why just this group? Mike Duffy <Use_guestbook_page@website.in.sig> - 2011-12-17 18:55 +0000
    Re: Why just this group? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-18 11:06 +0000
      Re: Why just this group? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201112.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-12-18 16:23 +0100
        Re: Why just this group? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-18 15:47 +0000
          Re: Why just this group? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201112.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-12-19 07:59 +0100
    Re: Why just this group? Dr J R Stockton <reply1150@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-18 19:09 +0000

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