Re: OT: Maybe it is time to step up security



Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:47:08 CST, John McCoy <igopogo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <Xns997ABFEE9D0C9pogosupernews@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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2) if you are in the market for a paid Usenet service, most of the
vandalism did not show up on Supernews, who do have filters for
exactly that sort of thing. I have no affiliation with Supernews
other than as a customer, but I do think they're one of the few
services that actually cares about Usenet, and deserve to be
supported.

I'm a happy and satisfied Supernews customer, too.

I think very highly of them.

I did see ~400 of the trash posts in here.

Someone who checked a little later than I did might have
seen fewer if Supernews found a good way to filter them out.

Marty

actually this NG made the top 100 for traffic today @ www.newsadmin.com (http://www.newsadmin.com/top100tmsgs.asp) likely do to all the trash...

>G>

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