This will render rec.crafts.metalworking useless. For an example, see Sci.Crypt.
Supernews filters out this sporgery spam. Get a better Usenet
experience. Sign up for our risk-free trial today!
https://www.supernews.com/signup
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Note that the "Followup-To: " on this was set to sci.crypt, but
I have fixed that on my followup, at least.
> Supernews filters out this sporgery spam. Get a better Usenet
> experience. Sign up for our risk-free trial today!
And this is apparently a joe job, not anything really from
supernews.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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Correct...it is all over the Usenet.
TMT
Perhaps if you spent more time looking at the 'Followups-To' header
you'd do a better job of not being part of the attack on sci.crypt.
And google 'joe job' while you're thinking about that.
Phil
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>According to <supe...@rec.crafts.metalworking>:
>> Sporge flooding of rec.crafts.metalworking will commence in a few hours.
>>
>> This will render rec.crafts.metalworking useless. For an example, see Sci.Crypt.
>
> Note that the "Followup-To: " on this was set to sci.crypt, but
>I have fixed that on my followup, at least.
>
>> Supernews filters out this sporgery spam. Get a better Usenet
>> experience. Sign up for our risk-free trial today!
>
> And this is apparently a joe job, not anything really from
>supernews.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
I don't quite understand what this sporg thing is. My newsreader is set to
only reply to the group I read this by default. Keeps my OT replies local
;)
Wes
[ ... ]
> I don't quite understand what this sporg thing is.
You left off the terminal 'e'. It was new to me too, but
appears to be a combination of "spam" and "forge"
> My newsreader is set to
> only reply to the group I read this by default. Keeps my OT replies local
> ;)
Good practice -- especially if you don't look at the headers
before posting. (I must admit -- I don't usually look to that amount
of detail -- but this one got my suspicions going. :-)
TMT?
Can you reply to this (if you ever see it???)
REM: in the subject line can be sorted.
It ain't great, but it looks like it WILL work
[ ... ]
> > Correct...it is all over the Usenet.
> >
> > TMT
> >
> TMT?
>
> Can you reply to this (if you ever see it???)
>
> REM: in the subject line can be sorted.
>
> It ain't great, but it looks like it WILL work
If you put it in -- something took it out. Beware of a ':' in
the beginning of a "Subject: " header -- Microsoft's Outlook Express
thinks that it is "Re: " in some other language, deletes it, and
replaces it with "Re: ". Try putting it in square brackets instead.
And it looks as though my ISP (at least) is killing these almost
as fast as they are coming in. I found (last time I did a reply) that
of the 371 new ones which had just come in, 111 were already gone.
Either my ISP is doing it, or someone is running a very active
(and much needed) cancelbot.
Good Luck,
DoN.
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Supernews hasn't let anything through.
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To help better filter this spammer, here are some of the sporge flood
warning messages in newsgroups where the sporge flood attacks actually
took place around August 2007:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sci.physics/browse_frm/thread/e9839800e6758018/6e609e72b81657d3#6e609e72b81657d3
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.written/browse_frm/thread/0e35d16f8f03fb4e/fc4ac60c079cd790#fc4ac60c079cd790
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.marketplace/browse_frm/thread/14733370736c3e40/e331ae90a4dea2b4#e331ae90a4dea2b4
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.marketplace/browse_frm/thread/c272ab5b24b2bfca/b58351b0d791ccfe#b58351b0d791ccfe
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.birds/browse_frm/thread/d8eebc40bb481ee0/31a67e72d09863f7#31a67e72d09863f7
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.crafts.metalworking/browse_frm/thread/e42fd622e3502dbd/ee00c96633eebbe8#ee00c96633eebbe8
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.hockey/browse_frm/thread/8da17ff34ff960a5/ef98ae0e318da147#ef98ae0e318da147
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.retirement/browse_frm/thread/aacf1e47cf070640/1c83dfda93f5c65f#1c83dfda93f5c65f
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.sheds/browse_frm/thread/b731536953bcdcb8/8ba9bf0da081b6fc#8ba9bf0da081b6fc
Some of the false alarms (at least so far):
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sci.math.design_theory/browse_frm/thread/f5971ce0b96788aa/3c3f809d66e45295#3c3f809d66e45295
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sci.nmr/browse_frm/thread/36cef1193852a3c4/39c3de6d913a2705#39c3de6d913a2705
http://groups.google.com/group/cn.bbs.arts.ascii/browse_frm/thread/6df5a937751591fa/4c10d63ad0eb9908#4c10d63ad0eb9908
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.misc/browse_frm/thread/f9bd2c54d9dd3c49/ad824f6602ce1379#ad824f6602ce1379
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news/browse_frm/thread/221406725bc9ef93/3d769d8738ae1216#3d769d8738ae1216
http://groups.google.com/group/de.rec.sport.golf/browse_frm/thread/33b45d87f9da6967/4e21c13b8bba07c0#4e21c13b8bba07c0
http://groups.google.com/group/de.sci.geo/browse_frm/thread/052c167bd4e39ec6/2ec3a1ef2f0eb172#2ec3a1ef2f0eb172
http://groups.google.com/group/de.sci.meteorologie/browse_frm/thread/6b9ba3ea22f7b047/5178aeb76f5c5de5#5178aeb76f5c5de5
http://groups.google.com/group/hr.sci.control/browse_frm/thread/a6eeb0a053f0a3af/267713a83b999dd8#267713a83b999dd8
http://groups.google.com/group/hsinchu.rec.thbs/browse_frm/thread/9ab1ccb4764df91a/50d7683ffbe8d2c3#50d7683ffbe8d2c3
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.jp.windows.directx/browse_frm/thread/f5263b4b0292799d/3c20949c67e16ab0#3c20949c67e16ab0
http://groups.google.com/group/nctu.mat-sci-eng/browse_frm/thread/4b46186fa569004d/406c7a53573a1228#406c7a53573a1228
http://groups.google.com/group/pl.rec.gry.konsole/browse_frm/thread/55a0bebb05cf12d9/ae52b644d8b23365#ae52b644d8b23365
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.drink.coffee/browse_frm/thread/3be3792a01972140/34ae07838100e097#34ae07838100e097
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.misc/browse_frm/thread/d086c97e26b47ca0/5394f1192ae57b5b#5394f1192ae57b5b
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.video.dvd.titles/browse_frm/thread/c0ad1dbc2e4b7484/3f1f65d13c9f15b5#3f1f65d13c9f15b5
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.data.formats/browse_frm/thread/badd7457ddbc5f84/5532fc25d6a35fdb#5532fc25d6a35fdb
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.math.symbolic/browse_frm/thread/34147bbf7a567088/2eeb85a1cebe1f3c#2eeb85a1cebe1f3c
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.arabic/browse_frm/thread/2fbecebfbba88e7a/287f51f97e7aebc3#287f51f97e7aebc3
http://groups.google.com/group/symantec.support.win95.nortonutilities.recyclebin/browse_frm/thread/f66f935b6ae33cb9/a6bc1fed70e17e43#a6bc1fed70e17e43
http://groups.google.com/group/tw.bbs.soc.changhua/browse_frm/thread/fd74f4733faaa79f/a5318dada8fb2727#a5318dada8fb2727
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.gov.social-work/browse_frm/thread/f728af7c7c579240/a3de383f915f367d#a3de383f915f367d
More sporge flood warning messages can be found with this search:
Filtering suggestion for the sporge flood attacks:
More info about sporge flood attacks for newbies who might find this
thread confusing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporgery
http://bernie.cncfamily.com/sc/sporg.htm
http://www.wordsonline.org/Sporge
http://www.dansdata.com/sporge.htm
http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/sporgart.htm
http://www.talkaboutreligion.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/messages/1242545.html
http://www.holysmoke.org/forgeries/giganews.htm
http://www.usenetplus.com/blog/2007/07/12/of-sporge-and-lamers/
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>DoN. Nichols <dnic...@d-and-d.com> wrote:
>> And this is apparently a joe job, not anything really from supernews.
> --Thanks for the pointer. Oh, and if anyone figures out who "Joe"
>really is, I'll kick in for a bounty pool to collect his index fingers,
>bwahaha..
Aren't we still collecting ears on our necklaces?
(What movie did that come from, anyway?) <titter>
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You really don't want to do that. "Joe" was the victim, not the
perpetrator. It was a case of a bunch of spam forged to look as though
it came from him, when in reality he was an active anti-spamer. It did
result in a lot of complaints to his upstream, however, because most
people can't read the headers to see where it really comes from.