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sporging explained
"Sporging is effectively newsgroup spam - there is no cure apart from
a moderated group (and that frequently doesn't work as some sites don't do moderation properly). However depending on the news reader software you can filter out the sporger - unless they are using autogenerated poster names in which case there is not much you can do. Most sporgers get bored after a couple of weeks, if not then you can report them for abuse to their ISP - it sometimes works." quote from my son, who is a techie by profession. I had to ask him what it meant! Hope this helps Joan Coventry UK |
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sporging explained
Thanks for expanding our knowledge!!
Can you please e-mail me? Thanks. .. In message . com, joanb writes "Sporging is effectively newsgroup spam - there is no cure apart from a moderated group (and that frequently doesn't work as some sites don't do moderation properly). However depending on the news reader software you can filter out the sporger - unless they are using autogenerated poster names in which case there is not much you can do. Most sporgers get bored after a couple of weeks, if not then you can report them for abuse to their ISP - it sometimes works." quote from my son, who is a techie by profession. I had to ask him what it meant! Hope this helps Joan Coventry UK -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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sporging explained
"joanb" wrote in message ups.com... "Sporging is effectively newsgroup spam - there is no cure apart from a moderated group (and that frequently doesn't work as some sites don't do moderation properly). However depending on the news reader software you can filter out the sporger - unless they are using autogenerated poster names in which case there is not much you can do. Most sporgers get bored after a couple of weeks, if not then you can report them for abuse to their ISP - it sometimes works." quote from my son, who is a techie by profession. I had to ask him what it meant! Sporgery is the disruptive act of posting a flood of articles to a Usenet newsgroup, with the article headers often falsified so that they appear to have been posted by others. "Sporge" is a made up word used to describe a forgery-flood intended to disrupt a newsgroup. It's origins are from spam and forge... " Just wear your tin foil helmet and ignore it. Additional information on foil helmets can be found he http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Val |
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sporging explained
On Aug 9, 8:55 pm, "Val" wrote:
"joanb" wrote in message ups.com... "Sporging is effectively newsgroup spam - there is no cure apart from a moderated group (and that frequently doesn't work as some sites don't do moderation properly). However depending on the news reader software you can filter out the sporger - unless they are using autogenerated poster names in which case there is not much you can do. Most sporgers get bored after a couple of weeks, if not then you can report them for abuse to their ISP - it sometimes works." quote from my son, who is a techie by profession. I had to ask him what it meant! Sporgery is the disruptive act of posting a flood of articles to a Usenet newsgroup, with the article headers often falsified so that they appear to have been posted by others. "Sporge" is a made up word used to describe a forgery-flood intended to disrupt a newsgroup. It's origins are from spam and forge... " Just wear your tin foil helmet and ignore it. Additional information on foil helmets can be found hehttp://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Val Thanks a lot, Val! I was wondering how the term originated, and now you have explained it to us. Joan Coventry UK |
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