X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,aa74e39f6afe4307 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-21 15:59:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-64-228-141.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.COM!not-for-mail From: Graham Drabble Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: TESTING: Please do *not* open. Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:28:15 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3cc2493a@news.starhub.net.sg> <3cc2be4d.5925300@news.charter.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-64-228-141.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.com (62.64.228.141) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1019429976 6711409 62.64.228.141 (16 [77355]) User-Agent: Xnews/5.03.23 Hamster/1.3.23.141 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16945 On 21 Apr 2002 nope@nospam.nut (LGB) wrote in news:3cc2be4d.5925300@news.charter.net: > A certain amount of spam and dummies will always be there no > matter what group one belongs to. This is a header from R.A-A > > "Jessica Felix Designs - Art and all that Jazz" > > Spam yes or no as it is pertaining to art but not ascii art. > Defining what is or what is not spam remains open to R.A-A A bit of background relating to that spam. It is a Joe Job against Mark Ferguson who is one of the major spam cancelleors who is currently in the process of taking a spammer to court. The aim to to get so many complaints to him that he gets mailbombed. They are all forge approved so there is nothing that moderation can do about them except cancel them. -- Graham Drabble If you're interested in what goes on in other groups or want to find an interesting group to read then check news.groups.reviews for what others have to say or contribute a review for others to read.