X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e625f3d3aaa7ba97 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 1160de,e625f3d3aaa7ba97 X-Google-Attributes: gid1160de,public From: Neil Subject: Re: Usenet drowning in spam ?? Date: 1997/09/01 Message-ID: <3814531wnr@njmcov.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269339081 References: <01bcb604$229bede0$c5f89bce@default> <199708311153496083281@[10.0.2.15]> X-Mail2News-Path: punt-1.mail.demon.net!njmcov.demon.co.uk Reply-To: neil@njmcov.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-User: neil@njmcov.demon.co.uk Organization: None Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.usenet,alt.ascii-art Hi, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine writes: "Fluffy(R)"> writes > >Right now, all but a Small Fraction of News Traffic is Spam and Spam > >Cancels. Worse, the Volume of Spam is constantly increasing. Many > >Servers are no longer able to keep up with the Junk, and they are losing > >Articles All Over. A Server that loses Articles cannot relay them to > >Other Sites, so that Propagation is slowed at Best, destroyed at worst. It appears that many ISPs can't provide the service they are contracted to provide. So blame it on the spammers - why not !!! If you use an inept ISP who can't handle the current volume then terminate your account and find a decent one - in the end all that will be left will be good high volume ISPs. -- Neil McAliece