From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59494 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Reporting spamming/protecting against spamming on USENET Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:37:08 +0100 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <87zmzuhkqj.fsf@dod.no> References: <87acsgmucc.fsf@dod.no> <4n7jnk7bzo.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104485938 29397 80.91.229.6 (31 Dec 2004 09:38:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M8034@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Dec 31 10:38:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CkJFE-0002ig-00 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:38:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CkJDr-0004m9-00; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:37:27 -0600 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CkJDj-0004m1-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:37:19 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CkJDe-00060m-2P for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:37:14 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CkJDc-00068W-00 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:37:12 +0100 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CkJDc-0003aQ-00 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:37:12 +0100 Original-Received: from cm-84.118.190.174.chello.no ([84.118.190.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:37:12 +0100 Original-Received: from sb by cm-84.118.190.174.chello.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:37:12 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.118.190.174.chello.no Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EeobfvAYkjd2m7ZFAOnTW5BdxLs= Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59494 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59494 >>>>> "Ted Zlatanov" : > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, sb@dod.no wrote: >> Can your package report spam to anyone on USENET? Ie. is there a >> cancelling agency somewhere that takes tips? > The nature of Usenet is that it's decentralized and works by common > agreement. Furthermore, cancelling any but your own articles is > considered more rude than spam itself, I used to think so, some years ago. But that was before spam became the nuisance it is today. > and you can't edit an article without cancelling and reissuing it, > so the answer basically is no. OK. Thanx!