Re: Reporting spam



JC wrote:

Where can I view charters for various news groups, I'm guessing this one
like most has a no spam policy?

Whether or not it does, just about every ISP has a no spam policy.


So is it worthwhile reporting the spammers who polute our groups. How do you
go about eporting them and do their ISP's actually do anything when they are
reported?

You thoughts please.

Firstly, do you know how to read headers ? I mean FULL headers that is. For
example your post's headers were ..

Path:

news.astraweb.com!mrouter3.a.astraweb.com!news.astraweb.com!border2.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!feeder.news-service.com!feeder2.cambrium.nl!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.pipex.net!news.pipex.net.POSTED!not-for-mail

NNTP-Posting-Date:
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:42:13 -0500
From:
"JC" <tullyhubbert(REMOVESPAMTRAP)@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
uk.telecom.broadband
Subject:
Reporting spam
Date:
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:42:10 -0000
X-Priority:
3
X-MSMail-Priority:
Normal
X-Newsreader:
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
X-MimeOLE:
Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198
X-RFC2646:
Format=Flowed; Original
X-Antivirus:
avast! (VPS 080318-1, 18/03/2008), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status:
Clean
Message-ID:
<_MWdnSnFHtWIhn3aRVnyiAA@xxxxxxxxx>
Lines:
13
X-Usenet-Provider:
http://www.giganews.com
NNTP-Posting-Host:
81.179.196.102
X-Trace:

sv3-9I9AMXM2o5yl/PfzZl4W6XHrhjc7wVN/eGNjVlusK6BRfTHxN+CYDEOrpRNJH2scn68I6RuDN6BgKVE!8qjyuYpvP4Engp+zNzTImHd88l1Y7sDRyISBX0xaSM2t9aTnF1bVvaUD7+t85ssw4ko2IqeG8yF1!04oMb1Pb9kxvpFE=

X-Complaints-To:
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-DMCA-Complaints-To:
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info:
Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info:
Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint
properly
X-Postfilter:
1.3.37


You'll need that info to report anyone, you'll simply be told to do it again if
you omit it.

It's worth doing a 'whois' to ensure the posting IP address matches any
complaint reporting info. It's not unknown for some of that info to be faked.
And of course, the abuse report address may belong to the news server operator,
not the ISP the poster is with.

Graham





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