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   Doug Laidlaw to Steve Hayes   
   Re: OT: Good news: some spammers' accoun   
   19 Nov 18 00:46:07   
   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   On 09/11/18 11:12, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 06 Nov 2018 03:28:33 , "Nigel Reed"   
   > <@p0.f5016.n124.z1[ASC46]fidonet[.]org> wrote:   
   >   
   >> + User FidoNet address: 1:124/5016   
   >> Steve wrote:   
   >> S> From: Steve Hayes    
   >> S>   
   >> S> It seems that the gmail accounts of some of the spammers who have been   
   >> S> pestering several newsgroups have been disabled.   
   >> S>   
   >> S>    
   >> S>    
   >> S>   
   >> S> are two of them.   
   >> S>   
   >> S> Let's hope the rest get dealt with too.   
   >> S>   
   >> S>   
   >   
   >> They're probably forged anyway. nntp is such an insecure protocol that it's   
   >> easy to spoof other addresses.   
   >   
   > I doubt that they were forged, but I'm glad to see from your sig that   
   > SGB is still being gated to Fidonet.   
   >   
   >   
   How do you know that they have been disabled, and not just gone quiet?   
      
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