From: macthevorlon@yahoo.com   
      
   "Cheryl Martin"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnbu1grq.7sl.zofran@zaphod.deepthot.org...   
   > On 17 Dec 2003 20:06:02 GMT, Mac Breck   
    wrote   
   > in :   
   >   
   > > "Brian Walsh"    
   wrote   
   > > in message   
   > >   
   news:bO8Db.4635$Pg1.4436@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > >>   
   > >> "Cheryl Martin"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:slrnbtq399.j7q.zofran@zaphod.deepthot.org...   
   > >> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:17:29 GMT, Bill    
   wrote   
   > > in   
   > >> > :   
   > >> >   
   > >> > >   
   > >> > > "Brian Walsh"   
      
   > > wrote in message   
   > >> > >   
   > >   
   news:Dt7Db.4153$0s2.691@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > >> > >> My posts _never_ appear on   
   > > rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Did I   
   > >> piss   
   > >> > >> them off somehow or is there some method to   
   posting   
   > > there that I'm   
   > >> unaware   
   > >> > >> of? I've never seen a FAQ for that group, so I'm   
   at a   
   > > loss. Anyone here   
   > >> know   
   > >> > >> why this is?   
   > >> > >>   
   > >> > >>   
   > >> > >   
   > >> > > You have an invalid return address. If you use this   
   > > for posting to the   
   > >> > > moderated group I think they reject it. I think you   
   > > need a valid   
   > >> address -   
   > >> > > which you confirm when they send you an Email after   
   > > your first posting.   
   > >> I   
   > >> > > think some people create a hotmail etc. address for   
   > > this purpose. I just   
   > >> lurk.   
   > >> >   
   > >> > That's one way.  The other is to use an invalid From:   
   > > and a valid   
   > >> Reply-To:   
   > >> >   
   > >> >   
   > >> > Cheryl   
   > >>   
   > >> So, in order to post, I need to open myself to   
   automated   
   > > spambots harvesting   
   > >> my e-mail and being inundated with spam and viruses.   
   Nice.   
   > > I guess I'll lust   
   > >> continue lurking.   
   > >   
   > > Right, you have to have a sacrificial email account.  I   
   use   
   > > my yahoo account for that, and have all 100 blocks in   
   use,   
   > > most of them blocking entire domains.  The mailbox used   
   to   
   > > fill up with mass-mailing virus attachments every 15 to   
   30   
   > > minutes (from 0% to 100%).  Now, with the blocks in   
   place,   
   > > it takes about a week to fill up with mass-mailing virus   
   > > attachments.  At least that's manageable.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Whatever.  I post without with my right address and don't   
   receive   
   > hardly any spam at all.  I get a great deal of spam at an   
   address that   
   > I've never used on usenet at all.   
      
   Spam (actual ads.) isn't a big problem, it's the   
   mass-mailing virus attachments (e.g. W32Swen) that are 142K   
   to 155K apiece.  *Those* are the problem.  Get 500 or so of   
   those per day, and things start to clog up.   
      
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