On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:52:21, Rayner Lucas <usenet...@magic-cookie.co.uknospamplease> wrote:
> Would I be right in thinking most newsadmins are using Cleanfeed as
> their main spam-control measure?
We use it here, but in a special way: we use a NNTP/NNRP proxy which can
allow user to choose what category they want to hide.
We use this for NoCeMs, most of cleanfeed (we still cancel binaries
locally, e.g.), etc.
As it's not really easy to see how our scheme work without a NNTP/NNRP
account, here is a quick demo.
Look at this newsgroup:
https://nnrp.alphanet.ch/newsgroup-nothreads/news.admin.net-abuse.usenet
now, click on the Config link at the bottom of the page, select
"désactiver tout" at the bottom and then Submit query.
You now have access to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet with a lot of
spam.
Feel free to go back to
https://nnrp.alphanet.ch/config and select what
filters you want.
> Is anyone still issuing cancels for spam? Is anyone still acting on
> them?
There are still some bots that send classic cyberspam cancels: bleachbot
and miakibot (fr hierarchy only).
However, a lot of servers only accept Cancel-Key, or sometimes some
NoCeMs.
> What other methods, if any, are people using nowadays?
NoCeM, site admin Cancel-Key.
Typically we use spamassassin to detect spam in the big8, post the
announces to news.lists.filters. Of course it needs configuration on
your part.