Explain this usenet posting path (involving giganews and newsgroupbanter)

Some Guy

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May 11, 2013, 1:19:43 PM5/11/13

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First, here's the path:

Path:
aioe.org!news.glorb.com!l3no4585042qak.0!news-out.google.com!
y6ni30960qax.0!nntp.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!
border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!
local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.newsgroupbanter.com!
news.newsgroupbanter.com.POSTED!not-for-mail

Second, other tid-bits from the header:

Organization: DIYbanter.com
X-Originating-IP: 74.205.216.134
X-Usenet-Provider: Http://www.giganews.com
X-Complaints-To: ab...@newsgroupbanter.com

So, is the IP address 74.205.216.134 that of the "newsgroupbanter.com"
server, or some giganews server, or the person doing the posting?

Bonus Question:

What is the relationship (commercial or otherwise) between giganews and
newsgroupbanter?

Jeff-Relf.Me

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May 11, 2013, 2:54:06 PM5/11/13

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What's the Message-ID, Mr. "Some⋅Guy" ?

There's no "newsgroupbanter.com" website;
but, apparently, "they"✼ resell giganews.
[ ✼: http://www.diybanter.com/ ]

"74.205.216.134" is a "TOR"✼ address, a proxy; the sender is anonymous.
[ ✼ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29 ]

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MartinS

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May 11, 2013, 7:14:38 PM5/11/13

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Some Guy <So...@Guy.com> wrote:

> First, here's the path:
>
> Path:
> aioe.org!news.glorb.com!l3no4585042qak.0!news-out.google.com!
> y6ni30960qax.0!nntp.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!
> border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!
> local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.newsgroupbanter.com!
> news.newsgroupbanter.com.POSTED!not-for-mail
>
> Second, other tid-bits from the header:
>
> Organization: DIYbanter.com
> X-Originating-IP: 74.205.216.134
> X-Usenet-Provider: Http://www.giganews.com
> X-Complaints-To: ab...@newsgroupbanter.com
>
> So, is the IP address 74.205.216.134 that of the "newsgroupbanter.com"
> server, or some giganews server, or the person doing the posting?
>

NetRange: 74.205.208.0 - 74.205.223.255
CIDR: 74.205.208.0/20
OriginAS: AS36493
NetName: 295CA-BLK-05
NetHandle: NET-74-205-208-0-1
Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2008-07-14
Updated: 2012-03-13
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-74-205-208-0-1

OrgName: FIBERNETICS CORPORATION
OrgId: FC-60
Address: 605 BOXWOOD DRIVE
City: Cambridge
StateProv: ON
PostalCode: N3E 1A5
Country: CA
RegDate: 2011-11-07
Updated: 2012-03-15
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/FC-60

OrgNOCHandle: 2NOC-ARIN
OrgNOCName: 295ca Network Operations Centre
OrgNOCPhone: +1-519-489-6700
OrgNOCEmail: arin...@295.ca
OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/2NOC-ARIN

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Martin S

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Noj

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May 12, 2013, 5:07:06 PM5/12/13

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Me wrote ...

>
> Follow the yellow brick road.

Is that you Dorothy ?

MartinS

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May 12, 2013, 7:59:00 PM5/12/13

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Are you a friend of hers?

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Martin S

Noj

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May 12, 2013, 8:01:03 PM5/12/13

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MartinS wrote ...

That's not very nice, even coming from an exiled tyke !

MartinS

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May 13, 2013, 10:39:14 PM5/13/13

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Is that Farkin Elle again?

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Martin S

Fark U

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May 14, 2013, 6:20:43 AM5/14/13

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MartinS wrote ...

>
> Noj <b...@arse.com> wrote:
> > MartinS wrote ...
> >
> >> Noj <b...@arse.com> wrote:
> >> > Me wrote ...
> >> >>
> >> >> Follow the yellow brick road.
> >> >
> >> > Is that you Dorothy ?
> >>
> >> Are you a friend of hers?
> >
> > That's not very nice, even coming from an exiled tyke !
>
> Is that Farkin Elle again?

Who me ?

MartinS

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May 14, 2013, 1:29:25 PM5/14/13

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Fark U <Ti...@to.ms> wrote:
> MartinS wrote ...
>> Noj <b...@arse.com> wrote:
>> > MartinS wrote ...
>> >
>> >> Noj <b...@arse.com> wrote:
>> >> > Me wrote ...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Follow the yellow brick road.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is that you Dorothy ?
>> >>
>> >> Are you a friend of hers?
>> >
>> > That's not very nice, even coming from an exiled tyke !
>>
>> Is that Farkin Elle again?
>
> Who me ?

Yes, you, Far Canal.

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Far Away

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May 14, 2013, 3:28:33 PM5/14/13

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MartinS wrote ...

First sane thread in months.
Fuck knows why I bother hanging around here.

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