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   Scott Dorsey to All   
   Re: "zero-tolerance" spam policies . . .   
   05 Feb 24 00:03:34   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article <63c870d11c4ed13bd27a3e3f986355e0@dizum.com>, D   wrote:   
   >usenet has long-since been continuously inundated by weaponized troll farm   
   >spam from both google and non-google servers, so once google cuts the cord   
   >will many dozens of other servers pick up the slack without missing a beat?   
      
   Likely not, because although other servers get abused, they actually have   
   human beings running their servers who can deal with the abuse.  Google   
   was high profile, it is true, but the real problem is that they had the   
   same people spamming and spamming for years without any intervention.   
      
   There will always be spam in spite of the strongest policies, which is   
   why every site should be running cleanfeed, but google's complete hands-off   
   operation was a disaster.   
   --scott   
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