Groups Gone Wild
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From: Karl E. Peterson on 1 Jun 2010 15:25 Helmut Meukel wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb... >> C. Kevin Provance wrote: >>> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote... >>>> Yeah, sounds like another one that "got loose" at one point, and only the >>>> servers that honored the "authoratative" rmgroup requests cleansed >>>> themselves of it. (It's not on eternal-september.) >>> >>> I see a m.p.vb and m.p.vb.general. No "discussion", just "general". Both >>> contain posts within the last year. >> >> Must be an ISP server, right? So far, those don't seem to be accepting the >> rmgroup requests from that guy. > > Eternal-September will not accept Juli�n �lie's rmgroup requests. Oooooh! That's *very* good news indeed! Did you get that news officially, or...? I did write to them to alert them to what that axxwipe was up to, and telling them that I was referring a *lot* of folks their direction and hoped they wouldn't honor his requests. Never got a response, though. > Some other news server admins in Germany will act accordingly. > One stated he will handle this like the alt and free groups, remove > the groups if there is no traffic. > Others said they will wait and see for some months. Very very good news, indeed... -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org
From: Helmut Meukel on 1 Jun 2010 16:47 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ObGftAcALHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > Helmut Meukel wrote: >> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb... >>> C. Kevin Provance wrote: >>>> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote... >>>>> Yeah, sounds like another one that "got loose" at one point, and only the >>>>> servers that honored the "authoratative" rmgroup requests cleansed >>>>> themselves of it. (It's not on eternal-september.) >>>> >>>> I see a m.p.vb and m.p.vb.general. No "discussion", just "general". Both >>>> contain posts within the last year. >>> >>> Must be an ISP server, right? So far, those don't seem to be accepting the >>> rmgroup requests from that guy. >> >> Eternal-September will not accept Juli�n �lie's rmgroup requests. > > Oooooh! That's *very* good news indeed! Did you get that news officially, > or...? I did write to them to alert them to what that axxwipe was up to, and > telling them that I was referring a *lot* of folks their direction and hoped > they wouldn't honor his requests. Never got a response, though. > >> Some other news server admins in Germany will act accordingly. >> One stated he will handle this like the alt and free groups, remove >> the groups if there is no traffic. >> Others said they will wait and see for some months. > > Very very good news, indeed... > Karl this is from a post from one other news server admin: | eternal-september.org ist kein kommerzieller Anbieter. Sein Betreiber | ist im Usenet als "Ray Banana" bekannt. Die Diskussion in der �ffent- | lich zug�nglichen Gruppe eternal-september.support lief schon vor ge- | raumer Zeit. | | Message-ID: <857hng8lme.fsf(a)banana.shacknet.nu> | # From: Ray Banana <rayban(a)banana.shacknet.nu> | # Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 04:57:13 +0200 | # [...] | # Thus spake grant <sample(a)example.invalid> | # [...] | # > When Juli�n �lie issues rmgroup control articles, will | # > eternal-september honour them? | # | # Given the current settings of E-S's control.ctl, no. | I don't think he will answer the same question over and over again. Helmut.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 1 Jun 2010 17:23
Helmut Meukel wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:ObGftAcALHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> Helmut Meukel wrote: >>> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb... >>>> C. Kevin Provance wrote: >>>>> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote... >>>>>> Yeah, sounds like another one that "got loose" at one point, and only >>>>>> the servers that honored the "authoratative" rmgroup requests cleansed >>>>>> themselves of it. (It's not on eternal-september.) >>>>> >>>>> I see a m.p.vb and m.p.vb.general. No "discussion", just "general". >>>>> Both contain posts within the last year. >>>> >>>> Must be an ISP server, right? So far, those don't seem to be accepting >>>> the rmgroup requests from that guy. >>> >>> Eternal-September will not accept Juli�n �lie's rmgroup requests. >> >> Oooooh! That's *very* good news indeed! Did you get that news officially, >> or...? I did write to them to alert them to what that axxwipe was up to, >> and telling them that I was referring a *lot* of folks their direction and >> hoped they wouldn't honor his requests. Never got a response, though. >> >>> Some other news server admins in Germany will act accordingly. >>> One stated he will handle this like the alt and free groups, remove >>> the groups if there is no traffic. >>> Others said they will wait and see for some months. >> >> Very very good news, indeed... >> > > > Karl this is from a post from one other news server admin: > > | eternal-september.org ist kein kommerzieller Anbieter. Sein Betreiber > | ist im Usenet als "Ray Banana" bekannt. Die Diskussion in der �ffent- > | lich zug�nglichen Gruppe eternal-september.support lief schon vor ge- > | raumer Zeit. > | > | Message-ID: <857hng8lme.fsf(a)banana.shacknet.nu> > | # From: Ray Banana <rayban(a)banana.shacknet.nu> > | # Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 04:57:13 +0200 > | # [...] > | # Thus spake grant <sample(a)example.invalid> > | # [...] > | # > When Juli�n �lie issues rmgroup control articles, will > | # > eternal-september honour them? > | # > | # Given the current settings of E-S's control.ctl, no. > | > > I don't think he will answer the same question over and over again. I'm okay with that, as long as he sticks to the first answer. :-) Thanks... -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org |