Re: Newsgroup abusers: cmh.jobs

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From: gweaver
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:00

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Harry Kitchen wrote:
> 
> The group 'cmh.jobs' has become cluttered with national ads, many of
> which falsely omit the location.  The most notorious recent abuser is
> an outfit called 'www@selectjobs.com' (not a real Internet address.)
> 
> How about starting a new group called 'cmh.jobs.local' and hope it
> doesn't become nationally famous too soon?
> --
> Harry Kitchen <hkitchen@freenet.columbus.oh.us>

Sorry Harry, HOPE just doesn't work on the Internet; never worked on BBS
newsgroups, either.  The ONLY way to prevent this spamming is to have a
moderated newsgroup.  This requires somebody to monitor and delete
off-topic posts.

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Subject: Re: Newsgroup abusers: cmh.jobs
Date: 1996/09/25
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