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Re: Spamers attack Genealogy Newsgroups

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On 07/06/2021 09:18, Steve Hayes wrote:
> Spammers have recently attacked several genealogy newsgroups,
> intending to hijack them.
> 
> I've noticed a sharp incease in spam in soc.genealogy.ireland and
> soc.genealgy.misc
> 
> Spammers who hijack a newsgroup flood it with spam and drive out the
> regular users who find that 99% of the messages are off-topic
> spam.They have done this with soc.history, posting message welcoming
> people to the local dating group for Mobile, Alabama, or some other
> town in the USA. It's a bit counterproductive, though, because, having
> driven all the regular users out, there's bno one left to read their
> spam except other spammers.
> 
> But one of the lessons to learn is, use it or lose it.
> 
> If people don't use the newsgroups enough, it's like an empty house,
> and the squatters move in.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Easily dealt with.  Don't use mail versions of the groups.  Don't use 
Google Groups.  Get a Usenet feed - your ISP might bundle this, 
otherwise there are (or were last time I looked) free options and at 
worst about a tenner a year - and a reader such as Thunderbird which 
lets you ignore specific threads.  These spammers seem to repeatedly 
post to one or two threads.  Ignore those threads and don't see any more 
of the spam.

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Spamers attack Genealogy Newsgroups Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-06-07 10:18 +0200
  Re: Spamers attack Genealogy Newsgroups Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2021-06-07 17:20 +0100
    Re: Spamers attack Genealogy Newsgroups Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-06-08 20:54 +0200
      Re: Spamers attack Genealogy Newsgroups Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2021-06-08 19:55 +0100

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