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In article <368954e6.425965931@207.14.113.10>, jerrywl@hotmail.com 
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>I understand what your position is on those matters. What I was asking
>about is what "bot posting" had to do with cross posting policy.
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PoL would appear to have answered the question. 


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>I figured that much. I was hoping for some specifics about the
>"mechanics" of the bot posting referred to. 
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The (different) 'bots were used by several people and for different 
reasons to flood various newsgroups - sometimes with thousands of 
gibberish posts a day, sometimes with forged cancellations, sometimes 
with supercedes. This went on for several months. Some were run from 
Altopia accounts, some weren't. Often the 'bot posts were automated 
forgeries using real header information gleaned from real users' posts.


Example:
HipCrime claims to be a self-styled anarchist who supports freedom of 
speech. He likes to run his 'bot via open servers. The result - almost 
all the open servers have now been closed. Open servers provided free 
access to the UseNet and varying degrees of anonymity. Draw your own 
conclusions about HipCrime's real motives.


>I'm not looking for a copy of the software just an understanding of
>what went on (sans subjective judgements).
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Regretably you cannot use the past tense - the HipCrime 'bot has just 
reappeared.


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