what's this alt.znet stuff?

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From: Randy Bush
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 01:04

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Every few days, I get this blob of a hundred or so messages in junk.  They are
all from alt.znew.fnet using some completely bogus FidoNet looking address in
Australia.  The content is adolescent.

Anybody have any idea what this garbage is and how to stop it?

Example header:

Path: psgrain!percy!reed!batcomputer!genie!olivea!decwrl!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!kcbbs!status!nacjack!Steven.Scavone.
From: Steven.Scavone.@Fnet.593@p0.f260.n771.z3.fido.nacjack.gen.nz (Steven Scavone @Fnet 593)
Newsgroups: alt.znet.fnet
Subject: Falcon video
Message-ID: <17f06f00@nacjack.gen.nz>
Date: 22 Sep 92 12:43:44 GMT
Organization: Z*Net South Pacific, Wellington NZ
Lines: 12
In-Reply-To: Stingray@p0.f0.n0.z0.fido.nacjack.gen.nz (Stingray)
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randy@psg.com   ...!uunet!m2xenix!randy

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Message-ID: <1992Sep27.010445.29420@psg.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!ogicse!psgrain!randy

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!ogicse!psgrain!randy
From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: what's this alt.znet stuff?
Message-ID: <1992Sep27.010445.29420@psg.com>
Date: 27 Sep 92 01:04:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: psg.1992Sep27.010445.29420
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon, US
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