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?
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)
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)
Bo Berglund wrote:I support this suggestion. Even the non-spam posts are almost always responses
> 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.
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David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson
<no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote:
The last week has produced scores of these stupid spams from
>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.
VirtualServerFaq. I *really* would like "someone" with power to block
them....
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)
Bo Berglund wrote:I don't have power, but I'm working on it.
> On Fri, 01 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400, David Wilkinson
> <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Bo Berglund wrote:>> I support this suggestion. Even the non-spam posts are almost always responses
>>> 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....
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David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
On Wed, 06 May 2009 13:09:38 -0400, David Wilkinson
<no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote:
The VirtualServerFaq spamming is still continuing. Yesterday I believe
>Bo Berglund wrote:>
>> 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.
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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Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>Could we not gather enough users here to make an attempt to bring hisThat's illegal in this country, even if they are being such a
>site down?
nuisance.
--
Bob Comer
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:03:00 +0200, Bo Berglund
<boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, 06 May 2009 13:09:38 -0400, David Wilkinson
><no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>Bo Berglund wrote:>>
>>> 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?
"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u04k355de451en9gppdr1q0s67cocl1erj@xxxxxx
Or use a decent newsreader with a killfile facility...
> 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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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:07 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<mark@xxxxxx> wrote:
How do we define the spam then?
>"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:u04k355de451en9gppdr1q0s67cocl1erj@xxxxxx
>>
>> 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.
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)
"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5p5p359nfptjef7gb0cgpk9kfmtp71ba37@xxxxxx
I just add the sender to the blocked senders list as they arrive - they tend>
>>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...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
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