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05-01-2009
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| | Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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05-01-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: > There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from > "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... > Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? to old posts long expired from the Microsoft Servers. -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP |
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05-06-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: >> There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from >> "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... >> Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? >I support this suggestion. Even the non-spam posts are almost always responses >to old posts long expired from the Microsoft Servers. VirtualServerFaq. I *really* would like "someone" with power to block them.... -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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05-06-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson > <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: >>> There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from >>> "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... >>> Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? >> to old posts long expired from the Microsoft Servers. > The last week has produced scores of these stupid spams from > VirtualServerFaq. I *really* would like "someone" with power to block > them.... -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP |
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06-18-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? On Wed, 06 May 2009 13:09:38 -0400, David Wilkinson <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: >> On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson >> <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Quote: >>> Bo Berglund wrote: >>>> There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from >>>> "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... >>>> Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? >>> I support this suggestion. Even the non-spam posts are almost always responses >>> to old posts long expired from the Microsoft Servers. >> The last week has produced scores of these stupid spams from >> VirtualServerFaq. I *really* would like "someone" with power to block >> them.... >I don't have power, but I'm working on it. it was more than 50% posts from this VirtualServerFaq spam source. On the virtualserver ng it is worse than here. Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring his site down? -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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06-18-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? >Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring his Quote: >site down? nuisance.  -- Bob Comer On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:03:00 +0200, Bo Berglund <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >On Wed, 06 May 2009 13:09:38 -0400, David Wilkinson ><no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>Bo Berglund wrote: Quote: >>> On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson >>> <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Bo Berglund wrote: >>>>> There is incredible amounts of spam being posted here from >>>>> "http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com".... >>>>> Can't it be totally blocked from posting on this newsgroup? >>>> I support this suggestion. Even the non-spam posts are almost always responses >>>> to old posts long expired from the Microsoft Servers. >>> >>> The last week has produced scores of these stupid spams from >>> VirtualServerFaq. I *really* would like "someone" with power to block >>> them.... >>I don't have power, but I'm working on it. >The VirtualServerFaq spamming is still continuing. Yesterday I believe >it was more than 50% posts from this VirtualServerFaq spam source. On >the virtualserver ng it is worse than here. > >Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring his >site down? |
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06-18-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? "Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u04k355de451en9gppdr1q0s67cocl1erj@xxxxxx Quote: > The VirtualServerFaq spamming is still continuing. Yesterday I believe > it was more than 50% posts from this VirtualServerFaq spam source. On > the virtualserver ng it is worse than here. > > Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring his > site down? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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06-20-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:07 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:u04k355de451en9gppdr1q0s67cocl1erj@xxxxxx > Quote: >> The VirtualServerFaq spamming is still continuing. Yesterday I believe >> it was more than 50% posts from this VirtualServerFaq spam source. On >> the virtualserver ng it is worse than here. >> >> Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring his >> site down? >Or use a decent newsreader with a killfile facility... These messages are coming from a lot of different senders (many of whom are "very nice site") but the common thing is that the posts have a footer that indicate their origin as from the VirualServerFaq site.... I am using Forté Free Agent as newsreader. Have tested a few others but keep coming back to Agent. -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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06-20-2009
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| | Re: Can't VirtualServerFaq be blocked from this NG? "Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5p5p359nfptjef7gb0cgpk9kfmtp71ba37@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: >>Or use a decent newsreader with a killfile facility... > How do we define the spam then? > These messages are coming from a lot of different senders (many of > whom are "very nice site") to arrive in blocks from the same sender... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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