RE: Supersedes attacks, etc

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Chris Lewis (clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca)
Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:11:19 -0500


On Jan 1, 8:49, Gordon Fecyk wrote:
} As things get abused, things get disabled or discarded. At least that's =
} what's happened on srv4.reelwest.bc.ca; I asked my upstream to discard =
} posts with Supersedes: in the header. Control: cancel will follow as =
} soon as I get NoCeM On Spool working.

A word to the wise - Cleanfeed does a better job than NoCeM, however,
you will probably need both in the long run.

} When I put in the request, I asked them about *.answers. While they =
} didn't say so outright, I'm sure they wouldn't have blatantly put in the =
} filters without ignoring *.answers. As of today (1 JAN 1999) I can see =
} FAQ postings with Supersedes: in the header, but no Supersedes: in =
} nana.email or other frequently abused groups. I guess they can filter =
} and override filters in certain groups.

It may also be that the spam cancellers are getting the supersedes in those
groups.

-- 
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