> Could you be more specific (give Subject lines and Message-ID's)?
According to the discussion I've seen recently in
alt.current-events.net-abuse, C&S of green card fame have started posting
off-topic advertisements again, this time on behalf of other people
(in particular, a clueless Colorado ski resort that was apparently sucked
in by reading C&S's book). They are being more selective than before
about which groups they hit, but it's still unwelcome noise in most of the
groups.
I have not seen any of the postings myself, but reports are that the
postings now include an Approved: line, so that they can spam moderated
groups if they feel like it. (Evidently they've learned at least one
thing about the net since the green card affair. I could wish it wasn't
how to forge approvals, though :-).) Whether they have actually hit any
moderated groups was not reported.
Better keep an eye on rec.answers for ski-resort ads... although if they
are being selective, *.answers doesn't seem like a very likely target.
regards, tom lane
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