X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,77eeafbfc4a4ce17 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-01 16:42:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!news-feed.nld.sonera.net!news.quicknet.nl!not-for-mail From: Lennert Stock Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Spam Message-ID: <7f4hmtcnhqop3th75s3csikufs19390m4k@4ax.com> References: <6usnfd9c6l.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:44:11 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.73.134.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@quicknet.nl X-Trace: news.quicknet.nl 996709344 213.73.134.67 (Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:42:24 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:42:24 MET DST Organization: QuickNet Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6854 On Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:47:03 +0100, Bean wrote: >One possible motive. > >I would also add: >- He is a troll. He merely wants to annoy everyone so much that its not > worth the trouble sifting through his garbage posts, and they leave. > Trolls love to drive people out of interesting groups. > >> >> To get your back at this guy do this: >> >> - analyse his NNTP-Posting-Host: lines for the sending provider > >They're not all the same. The Path: and X-Complaints-to: lines all seem >to match other posts from the same providers, so I'd guess either he has >a lot of accounts with different people, or he's found some way to screw >up these headers (not easy AFAIK). Uhh forget it. It's just a misaimed new generation of spam. Maybe some funkup or test. Typically, what appears to be the source(s) are real people whose addresses have been 'hyjacked' and faked. These happy people (they're innocent) get the complaints and the bounces when the e-mail type is used. One of the objects is to become non-filterable. Joy joy joy :(