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Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header)

From	danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox, news.software.readers
Subject	Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header)
Date	2021-05-08 21:52 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<s7716f$27l$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <1k7vwsvkotabm$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <eli$2104291337@qaz.wtf> <5xpuhyxthcy3.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <eli$2105061323@qaz.wtf> <egrgwynjjzkn$.dlg@v.nguard.lh>

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In <egrgwynjjzkn$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

>Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

>> I don't believe you. Panix has never "spamif[ied] all posts". Panix
>> has never forced users to post with a signature nor provided a default
>> one for users.

>Alas, I didn't add timestamps when I added filters to later see how old
>they are.  Don't care if you don't believe.  I judged Panix on what I
>saw, and I saw them add an invalid sigblock to spam on submissions to
>their service.  That's what *I* saw, and that's why I filtered them out.
>That was probably many years ago.  Perhaps back then they had a free
>trial service tier, and submissions using those freebie accounts got
  ======

huh?  Double and triple huh?

With the disclosure that I also worked at Panix for a decade,
I first became a customer in the early 1990's, and at no time
in the three decades has Panix added its own sig line to posts
users make to Usenet.



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Thread

Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-27 23:29 -0400
  Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-27 23:30 -0400
    Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-27 23:27 -0500
      Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 07:13 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 07:17 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 02:01 -0500
          Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 02:03 -0500
          Firefox ESR Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:57 +0100
            Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 10:39 +0100
              Firefox ESR Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 14:49 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-28 10:00 +0200
      Re: Firefox ESR "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:00 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-28 20:55 +0200
        Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 14:50 -0500
          Re: Firefox ESR Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 20:46 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 21:54 +0100
          Re: Firefox ESR Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-28 21:02 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-29 00:12 -0500
              Keywords header (was: Re: Firefox ESR) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-29 17:37 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-06 05:52 -0500
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-06 06:06 -0500
                Re: Keywords header !@!.invalid (Ï) - 2021-05-06 14:39 +0100
                Re: Keywords header "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-06 15:14 +0000
                Re: Keywords header "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-05-06 18:04 +0100
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 15:01 -0500
                Re: Keywords header "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-08 21:08 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 16:37 -0500
                Re: Keywords header !@!.invalid (Ï) - 2021-05-08 22:52 +0100
                Re: Keywords header Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-05-06 17:49 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 15:40 -0500
                Re: Keywords header Miguel Tomar Nogueira <mnogueira@mail.telepac.pt> - 2021-05-09 05:58 +0000
                Re: Keywords header Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-05-09 17:24 +0000
                Re: Keywords header Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-05-06 18:11 +0000
                Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 16:30 -0500
                Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2021-05-08 21:52 +0000
                Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-05-10 02:34 +0000
      Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 13:52 -0400
        Re: Firefox ESR Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-28 18:29 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 23:26 -0400
            Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 12:52 +0000
        Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 12:45 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-29 13:22 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 13:53 +0000
              Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-29 18:32 +0000
                Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 20:31 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-03 14:17 -0400
              Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-05-08 16:58 +0200
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-19 10:52 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2021-05-19 09:10 -0700
                Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-19 16:35 +0000
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-19 15:16 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR Job Bautista <jobbautista9@aol.com> - 2021-05-20 18:35 +0800
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-25 12:32 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-05-25 15:16 -0400
          Re: Firefox ESR Miguel Tomar Nogueira <mnogueira@mail.telepac.pt> - 2021-05-09 06:18 +0000
    Re: Firefox ESR chris@here.com - 2021-04-27 23:31 -0500
      Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 13:53 -0400
  Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-27 23:26 -0500

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