From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>
To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Subject: Re: Ada France - stop spamming the newsgroup
Date: 17 Oct 2004 08:12:36 -0400
Date: 2004-10-17T08:12:36-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.11.1098015189.10401.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878ya6gnnu.fsf@beeblebrox.rfc1149.net>
Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> writes:
> >>>>> "Larry" == Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> writes:
>
> Larry> Since you have not done so to date, it would seem the only hope
> Larry> is to shame you into responsible internet behavior.
>
> As far as I know, our gateway (our "flawed spammer vector" as you call
> it) is the only freely available one, used by more than 50 people who
> may not be able to access usenet news otherwise. If it has been abused
> by spammers, well, this is life, and we are taking measures right now
> to enhance our anti-spam system.
As one of those 50 people, I support Sam. Larry, cool down a bit. The
spam has only recently gotten to be an annoyance. It is not anywhere
near "bad". Give them a chance to fix the problem. This entire system
is supported by volunteers; you can't treat them like a support
contract company!
--
-- Stephe
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2004-10-16 14:06 ` Ada France - stop spamming the newsgroup Samuel Tardieu
2004-10-16 20:19 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-17 1:04 ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-10-17 12:12 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2004-10-17 12:22 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-10-17 13:08 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-17 17:09 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-17 13:10 ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-10-17 17:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 0:50 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-17 1:18 ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-10-17 7:01 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-10-17 12:15 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-16 13:34 Larry Kilgallen
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