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bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan) wrote:

>Peter Burke (burkep@megasun.BCH.UMontreal.CA) writes:
>> :                      REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
>> :               unmoderated group can.consumers

>Well, this proposed newsgroup has a charter which should be used to
>'remind' newsgroups advertising pests that commercial posts are
>not allowed.

Pat, I would tend to agree with the goals you and Peter Burke spoke
about.  The main problem I can see is that the group is unmoderated.
If there is no moderator, there is nobody to enforce the charter.

The net pests will not go away on their own.  On the contrary, every
time somebody responds to their spam, it gives them another
opportunity to post more of the same.  It also confirms to them that
their crap is in fact being read far and wide, which is exactly what
they are after.  The only way you can stop them is by threatening
their access to the net.

You might have some limited success by organizing a core of the users
who would respond to every spam  by sending a canned complaint to the
spammer's newsmaster or admin. in e-mail, but actively discourage any
response in the NG itself.


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