Re: Spammers and Other Deviates............

Aly wrote:
I think this whole thing is enevitiable though and will increase.

Only one-time events are inevitable. The problem is PROVIDERS.
If the spam isn't *inbound* in huge quantities,
they don't see it as a problem.
If they would enforce their own Terms of Service,
this crap would be throttled after the initial complaint.

The major cause has been
computers becoming more user-friendly to use,
such that any idiot can now produce[...]

Nope. The major cause is spineless capitalist PROVIDERS.
I put the problem of *Usenet* spam squarely at Google's door.
Look at the headers of the next 10 Usenet spams you see.
At least 9 out of 10 will come thru Google.
If you looked at 100, you'd see it was 98%.

If every provider (Web, email, Usenet, whatever) had a page that said
"You are in violation...
Click here to send us your $200 penalty
so we can re-activate your account "
this crap would stop RIGHT NOW.

Google's allowing any idiot to open a new account
AFTER having an account terminated [1]
and USING THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS
is evidence of what a bunch of asshats are running Google Groups.
Google is based on **filtering data** after all.
..
..
[1] ...and THAT takes some doing

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