did Sheldon's ghost kill rbt?

[Crescentius Vespasianus]

For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
It looks like a massive spam attack of
hundreds of posts selling watches and
other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.

[Tim McNamara]

In article >,
Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:

> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
> newsgroups.

Weird. I saw basically none of those.

[Tom Sherman[_2_]]

Tim McNamara wrote:
> In article >,
> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
>
>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
>> newsgroups.
>
> Weird. I saw basically none of those.

ipHouse likely deleted most of the spam.

I did not see them either, so news.motzarella.org must be doing
effective spam filtering. For a while they were also filtering Sorni -
wait, is that not about the same thing? ;)

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

[Carl Sundquist]

"Tim McNamara" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
>
>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
>> newsgroups.
>
> Weird. I saw basically none of those.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tak Nakamoto" >
Newsgroups: ba.bicycles
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Testing 1-2-3


> Earthlink purged their news servers today and restocked with re-numbered
> headers. You'll need to dump your newsgroup files and restart from
> scratch.
>
> Tak Nakamoto
>
>
> "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
> m...
>> Hey, my EarthLink account doesn't seem to be updated. I wonder if this
>> will get to the group.
>>
>
>

[Woland99]

On Apr 9, 9:15 pm, Crescentius Vespasianus >
wrote:
> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
> servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
> It looks like a massive spam attack of
> hundreds of posts selling watches and
> other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.

It is well known fact that recreational bicycle technicians
buy a lot of Chinese watches. Every one that I know has at
least 20 of them - one for each hand.

[Werehatrack]

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:29:38 -0500, Tim McNamara
> may have said:

>In article >,
> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
>
>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
>> newsgroups.
>
>Weird. I saw basically none of those.

I saw enough to lart them mercilessly. They tapered off after a
while. I didn't check the Earthstink feed; that company's support for
Usenet boils down to "why bother, nobody uses it anyway." They've
failed to update their servers for weeks at a time more than once.
When I griped at their tech support about one such incident a while
back, the droid did not even know what Usenet was, and could not grasp
the idea that it involved a server under Earthlink's control which was
not fetching any feeds.

--
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[Mike Jacoubowsky]

| For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
| servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
| It looks like a massive spam attack of
| hundreds of posts selling watches and
| other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.

What? Off-topic and irrelevant posts on RBR? Send in the Marines!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

[Eric Vey]

Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts from
> rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of posts
> selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.

Earthlink changed their servers again.
First they outsourced to Supernews about a year ago.
First of the month it went to Giganews.
I think it is unfiltered in hopes that you will subscribe and pay extra
for that service.

See my headers for who I use. Filtered, but sometimes they go down on
the weekends.

[Werehatrack]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:59:08 -0700, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
> may have said:

>| For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
>| servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
>| It looks like a massive spam attack of
>| hundreds of posts selling watches and
>| other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.
>
>What? Off-topic and irrelevant posts on RBR? Send in the Marines!

Can't. They're busy. All we got is clowns.


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Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

[[email protected]]

On Apr 9, 10:15*pm, Crescentius Vespasianus >
wrote:
> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
> servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
> * It looks like a massive spam attack of
> hundreds of posts selling watches and
> other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.

I'm an infrequent poster and access r.b.t through Google Groups. I
would guess that over half the postings of the last few weeks are
sales spam. Quite annoying. Hard to believe that marketing
technique results in any sales. I would also think it leaves the
spammers open to hacking by revenge-minded individuals.

[catzz66[_2_]]

Tim McNamara wrote:
> In article >,
> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
>
>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
>> newsgroups.
>
> Weird. I saw basically none of those.

Me either. I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.

[SMS]

Werehatrack wrote:
> I didn't check the Earthstink feed; that company's support for
> Usenet boils down to "why bother, nobody uses it anyway." They've
> failed to update their servers for weeks at a time more than once.
> When I griped at their tech support about one such incident a while
> back, the droid did not even know what Usenet was, and could not grasp
> the idea that it involved a server under Earthlink's control which was
> not fetching any feeds.

I had the same experience with Earthlink support. They had no idea what
Usenet was, or what I was talking about when I told them that their
servers had not been updated for more than a week. I gave up and changed
ISPs.

[Michael Press]

In article >,
catzz66 > wrote:

> Tim McNamara wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
> >
> >> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
> >> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
> >> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
> >> newsgroups.
> >
> > Weird. I saw basically none of those.
>
> Me either. I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.

You are at liberty to change the title.

--
Michael Press

[catzz66[_2_]]

Michael Press wrote:
> In article >,
> catzz66 > wrote:
>
>> Tim McNamara wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
>>>
>>>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
>>>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
>>>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
>>>> newsgroups.
>>> Weird. I saw basically none of those.
>> Me either. I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.
>
> You are at liberty to change the title.
>

I know, but felt it needed to be said and associated with the thread.

[N8N]

On Apr 10, 10:04*am, wrote:
> On Apr 9, 10:15*pm, Crescentius Vespasianus >
> wrote:
>
> > For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
> > servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
> > * It looks like a massive spam attack of
> > hundreds of posts selling watches and
> > other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.
>
> I'm an infrequent poster and access r.b.t through Google Groups. *I
> would guess that over half the postings of the last few weeks are
> sales spam. * Quite annoying. *Hard to believe that marketing
> technique results in any sales. *I would also think it leaves the
> spammers open to hacking by revenge-minded individuals.

it's not just rbt, it's a lot of groups.

I still fail to see why anyone would *want* a fake watch; it's not
like the watch you wear is likely to impress anyone anyway. And
anyone that shallow should just DIAF anyway.

nate

(wearing a watch that's significantly older than I am right now,
because I like it. Nobody's noticed yet, and it's almost 4 PM.)

[Brian Huntley]

On Apr 10, 3:02*am, Werehatrack > wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:59:08 -0700, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
> > may have said:
>
> >| For a couple of weeks the earthlink news
> >| servers blocked all posts from rbt, rbr.
> >| *It looks like a massive spam attack of
> >| hundreds of posts selling watches and
> >| other garbage, had hit those two newsgroups.
>
> >What? Off-topic and irrelevant posts on RBR? Send in the Marines!
>
> Can't. *They're busy. *All we got is clowns.

Don't bother - they're here.

[Michael Press]

In article >,
catzz66 > wrote:

> Michael Press wrote:
> > In article >,
> > catzz66 > wrote:
> >
> >> Tim McNamara wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> Crescentius Vespasianus > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> For a couple of weeks the earthlink news servers blocked all posts
> >>>> from rbt, rbr. It looks like a massive spam attack of hundreds of
> >>>> posts selling watches and other garbage, had hit those two
> >>>> newsgroups.
> >>> Weird. I saw basically none of those.
> >> Me either. I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.
> >
> > You are at liberty to change the title.
> >
>
> I know, but felt it needed to be said and associated with the thread.

Changing the title does not change the threading.
Threading is accomplished through the References:
header line. Here are some of the header lines
from your message to which I am now replying.

_____________________________________
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: recent spam, title changed.
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:26:14 -0500
Lines: 19
Message-ID: >
References: > > > >
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)
In-Reply-To: >
_____________________________________

--
Michael Press

[catzz66[_2_]]

Michael Press wrote:
> I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.
>>> You are at liberty to change the title.
>>>
>> I know, but felt it needed to be said and associated with the thread.
>
> Changing the title does not change the threading.
> Threading is accomplished through the References:
> header line. Here are some of the header lines
> from your message to which I am now replying.
>
> _____________________________________
> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
> Subject: Re: recent spam, title changed.
> ...
> _____________________________________
>

I understand. I'm on Thunderbird and one of the options is to view only
unread threads, in which case changing the subject might make it appear
to be a different heading, if it's at the top of the unread threads. I
appreciate your comments, though.