On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 05:24:26PM -0800, Thamer Al-Herbish wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Paul Bogrow wrote:
>
> > My FAQ (best-of-usenet-humor) has gone through two putative
> > penguin-lust posting cycles since the recent Unpleasantness was
> > presumably cleared up. Though responses to STATUS requests show the
> > FAQ as posted, there have been no sightings. I have therefore
> > reverted to the old horse-and-(less)-buggy method.
>
> I pretty much have the same problem with all three FAQs I maintain.
> It's become a bit problematic since one of the newsgroups has had
> questions already answered in the FAQ.
>
> I use the news server at gte (I have cable modem in Southern
> California). I think the spam filters are kicking in, but I have no
> way of knowing. Anyone higher up on the food chain willing to take a
> look at the situation?
I had to modify the cleanfeed settings on my system as the flood of FAQs
from PENGUIN-LUST.MIT.EDU triggered cleanfeed's spam detector ("excessi-
ve supersedes"). This may have happened at other sites too, causing them
to drop FAQs until the newsadmin excluded the FAQ server from this
check.
This didn't happen before so I think it was caused by the sudden flood
of previously delayed postings now rushing in a huge batch.
Ralf
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