did Sheldon's ghost kill rbt?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

Weird. I saw basically none of those.

Tim McNamara said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

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

"Tim McNamara" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

Weird. I saw basically none of those.

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

Quoted message said:

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
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hey, my EarthLink account doesn't seem to be updated. I wonder if this
will get to the group.

On Apr 9, 9:15 pm, Crescentius Vespasianus <[email hidden]>

Quoted message 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.

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.

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:29:38 -0500, Tim McNamara

may have said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

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.

--
My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail.
Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

| 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

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

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.

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.

--
My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail.
Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

On Apr 9, 10:15 pm, Crescentius Vespasianus <[email hidden]>

Quoted message 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.

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.

Tim McNamara said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

Weird. I saw basically none of those.

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

Werehatrack said:

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.

In article <[email hidden]>,

catzz66 said:

Tim McNamara said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Crescentius Vespasianus 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.

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

Michael Press said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

catzz66 said:

Tim McNamara said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Crescentius Vespasianus <[email hidden]> 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.

Quoted message said:

On Apr 9, 10:15 pm, Crescentius Vespasianus <[email hidden]>

Quoted message 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.

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.)

Werehatrack said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

In article <[email hidden]>,

catzz66 said:

Michael Press said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

catzz66 said:

Tim McNamara wrote:
> In article <[email hidden]>,
> Crescentius Vespasianus <[email hidden]> 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.

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Michael Press

Michael Press said:

I think the thread title is disrespectful to Sheldon.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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.
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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.