From: fv@tcenl.nospam.com   
      
    HubbleBubble   uttered:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   >  I'd just like to say that since I joined the group I got all hardcore   
   > on anyone spamming the postings. Nothing pisses me off more than   
   > spammers and other a***holes who think it's OK to use the postings as   
   > free advertising for their off-topic garbage.   
   > I became in a thorn in googles backside by reporting every instance as   
   > abuse and insisting that they do something about it rather than peddle   
   > the old excuse that it was up to the users to complain to the spammers   
   > IP. As I said to them 'who is the IP going to listen to? - me or   
   > google? ' - no prizes for guessing which.   
   > Well I have to say that there has been a vast improvement although   
   > there is never cause for complacency.   
   > The thing is that reporting abuse does work - so please whenever   
   > anyone sees it happen again - please report the abuse individually.   
   > It carries a lot more weight when everybody complains!   
   >   
      
   What you are doing is absolutely pointless.  There are thousands and   
   thousands of newsservers. Why bother just one of them by complaining that   
   someone is reading it?   
   As you can see in the top line YOU yourself are the one to blame. You are   
   publishing your email address as an advertisement on usenet for the   
   newsbots saying: "come and grab me, Send me your garbage"   
      
   Do as all the others and properly mask your email address. Never react on   
   spam. Don't even open or preview them in your mail client, since this may   
   request for a picture which is as good as a reading confirmation.   
   Safely remove them from your mailbox using something like Mailwasher.   
      
   --   
   Femme Verbeek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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