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    From Vorlon@21:1/195 to Avon on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 11:29:34

    Hello Avon!

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.

    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam from googlegroups.


    Vorlon


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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Vorlon on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 09:33:35
    Vorlon wrote to Avon <=-

    Hello Avon!

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.

    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam
    from googlegroups.

    As now have other areas, like F1 and COBOL (which I may not get from FSX).



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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Vorlon on Thursday, November 30, 2023 20:32:49
    On 29 Nov 2023 at 11:29a, Vorlon pondered and said...


    Hello Avon!

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.

    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam
    from googlegroups.


    Vorlon

    I will work to block googlegroups at the NNTP server.... thanks for the heads up

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Blue White on Thursday, November 30, 2023 20:33:08
    On 29 Nov 2023 at 09:33a, Blue White pondered and said...

    Vorlon wrote to Avon <=-

    Hello Avon!

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.

    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam from googlegroups.

    As now have other areas, like F1 and COBOL (which I may not get from
    FSX).


    yes it seems like it's a bigger issue than just a few newsgroups sadly.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Vorlon on Thursday, November 30, 2023 22:29:10
    On 29 Nov 2023 at 11:29a, Vorlon pondered and said...

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.

    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with spam
    from googlegroups.

    I have added a filter to the gateway that I hope will nobble this and have also taken steps to try an implement filtering at the NNTP server to remove incoming posts coming from googlegroups. Admittedly it's a fairly drastic step but I think based on what I am seeing globally in news peers it's a major issue at the moment with spammers using Google Groups to inflict some major damage to Usenet :(

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Avon on Thursday, November 30, 2023 11:19:38
    Avon wrote to Blue White <=-

    yes it seems like it's a bigger issue than just a few newsgroups sadly.

    If you are on Dovenet, you can see that some of them are even posting in
    the Synchronet support newsgroup/echo. So, yes, someone is busy at work.

    The weird thing is that posts seem mostly unrelated. Were before it was
    sex or viagra, it is now on all sorts of topics, and sometimes a few of
    them even manage to be somewhat on topic. :O

    Aside from being annoying, it is difficult to determine the endgame with
    these.



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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Blue White on Thursday, November 30, 2023 14:28:55
    On 30 Nov 2023, Blue White said the following...

    Avon wrote to Blue White <=-

    yes it seems like it's a bigger issue than just a few newsgroups sadly

    If you are on Dovenet, you can see that some of them are even posting in the Synchronet support newsgroup/echo. So, yes, someone is busy at work.

    The weird thing is that posts seem mostly unrelated. Were before it was sex or viagra, it is now on all sorts of topics, and sometimes a few of them even manage to be somewhat on topic. :O

    Aside from being annoying, it is difficult to determine the endgame with these.

    I was reading the alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent newsgroup this morning and it was reported that some are seeing a significant decrease in google groups spam. They are thinking that Google itself has taken some sort of action. But the truth is they will just move on to other areas. It's a never ending battle!

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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195 to Blue White on Friday, December 01, 2023 17:53:36

    Hello Blue!

    29 Nov 23 09:33, you wrote to me:

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.
    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with
    spam from googlegroups.

    As now have other areas, like F1 and COBOL (which I may not get from
    FSX).

    Yeah, the comp.lang.c group was getting flodd as well.. All from googlegroups. @-(


    Vorlon


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  • From Stephen Walsh@21:1/195 to Avon on Friday, December 01, 2023 17:56:32

    Hello Avon!

    30 Nov 23 20:32, you wrote to me:

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.
    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with
    spam from googlegroups.

    I will work to block googlegroups at the NNTP server.... thanks for
    the heads up

    Thanks for that. It's alo been a issue in other groups and all from googlegropus.



    Stephen


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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195 to Avon on Friday, December 01, 2023 18:00:18

    Hello Avon!

    30 Nov 23 22:29, you wrote to me:

    Can you please add googlegroups to the soupgate block list.
    The gated raspberry pi newsgroup has started to get flodded with
    spam from googlegroups.

    I have added a filter to the gateway that I hope will nobble this and
    have also taken steps to try an implement filtering at the NNTP server
    to remove incoming posts coming from googlegroups. Admittedly it's a fairly drastic step but I think based on what I am seeing globally in
    news peers it's a major issue at the moment with spammers using Google Groups to inflict some major damage to Usenet :(

    Yeah, I know it's like using a front end loader's bucket, when really only spoon is needed.
    Unfortunatly the spam is so wide, that blocking googlegroups is the best option.



    Vorlon


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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195 to ogg on Friday, December 01, 2023 18:08:12

    Hello ogg!

    30 Nov 23 14:28, you wrote to Blue White:

    Aside from being annoying, it is difficult to determine the
    endgame with these.

    I was reading the alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent newsgroup this morning and it was reported that some are seeing a significant
    decrease in google groups spam. They are thinking that Google itself
    has taken some sort of action. But the truth is they will just move
    on to other areas. It's a never ending battle!

    Google dont give a flying f**k, and yeh some newsgroups go for a really long time with no spam and then bamm... Flodded...


    Vorlon


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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to Vorlon on Saturday, December 02, 2023 01:12:19
    I was reading the alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent newsgroup thi morning and it was reported that some are seeing a significant decrease in google groups spam. They are thinking that Google itself has taken some sort of action. But the truth is they will just move on to other areas. It's a never ending battle!

    Google dont give a flying f**k, and yeh some newsgroups go for a really long time with no spam and then bamm... Flodded...


    Vorlon

    Google wouldn't be allowing this in order to kill of NNTP, would they?

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Blue White on Sunday, December 03, 2023 11:14:00
    On 30 Nov 2023 at 11:19a, Blue White pondered and said...

    The weird thing is that posts seem mostly unrelated. Were before it was sex or viagra, it is now on all sorts of topics, and sometimes a few of them even manage to be somewhat on topic. :O

    Aside from being annoying, it is difficult to determine the endgame with these.

    I agree... asides causing folks to leave the news groups etc. :(

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Stephen Walsh on Sunday, December 03, 2023 11:14:58
    On 01 Dec 2023 at 05:56p, Stephen Walsh pondered and said...

    Thanks for that. It's alo been a issue in other groups and all from googlegropus.

    No prob, can you post something here in the coming 7-14 days and just let me know if things have improved or not... I'm a tad time poor but want to focus on this if it's continues to be an issue. Hopefully not.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Vorlon on Sunday, December 03, 2023 11:15:13
    On 01 Dec 2023 at 06:00p, Vorlon pondered and said...

    Yeah, I know it's like using a front end loader's bucket, when really
    only spoon is needed.
    Unfortunatly the spam is so wide, that blocking googlegroups is the best option.

    Yep, sadly I agree.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to boraxman on Sunday, December 03, 2023 11:15:39
    On 02 Dec 2023 at 01:12a, boraxman pondered and said...

    Google wouldn't be allowing this in order to kill of NNTP, would they?

    I kinda of doubt that, I don't really see how Google would see NNTP as a threat.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Stephen Walsh on Sunday, December 03, 2023 16:08:47
    On 01 Dec 2023 at 05:56p, Stephen Walsh pondered and said...

    Thanks for that. It's alo been a issue in other groups and all from googlegropus.

    Checking the daily reports at news.bbs.nz it looks like in the last 24 hours the filter I applied had removed 57,585 posts coming in from Google Groups. Yikes!

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  • From Vorlon@21:1/196 to boraxman on Sunday, December 03, 2023 17:55:35
    Hi Boraxman,

    On Saturday December 02 2023, Boraxman said to Vorlon:

    I was reading the alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent newsgroup
    thi
    morning and it was reported that some are seeing a significant
    decrease in google groups spam. They are thinking that Google
    on to other areas. It's a never ending battle!

    Google dont give a flying f**k, and yeh some newsgroups go for a really
    long time with no spam and then bamm... Flodded...

    Google wouldn't be allowing this in order to kill of NNTP, would they?

    Who knows, they start project and then kill them so often it's like tossing
    a coin for the next move...

    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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  • From Vorlon@21:1/196 to Avon on Sunday, December 03, 2023 17:57:45
    Hi Avon,

    On Sunday December 03 2023, Avon said to Stephen Walsh:

    Thanks for that. It's alo been a issue in other groups and all from
    googlegropus.

    No prob, can you post something here in the coming 7-14 days and just
    let me know if things have improved or not... I'm a tad time poor but
    want to focus on this if it's continues to be an issue. Hopefully not.

    It's going to continue to be a problem as the spammers have found a way
    around the google system.

    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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  • From Vorlon@21:1/196 to Avon on Sunday, December 03, 2023 17:59:03
    Hi Avon,

    On Sunday December 03 2023, Avon said to Stephen Walsh:

    Thanks for that. It's alo been a issue in other groups and all from
    googlegropus.

    Checking the daily reports at news.bbs.nz it looks like in the last 24 hours the filter I applied had removed 57,585 posts coming in from
    Google Groups. Yikes!

    Yeah, it's going to block the non spammers as well, they are a side affect
    I'm afraid... Most of the old timers try to point out new commers bade
    choice, but in most cases it goes in one ear and out the other....

    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to Avon on Sunday, December 03, 2023 22:40:24
    Google wouldn't be allowing this in order to kill of NNTP, would they

    I kinda of doubt that, I don't really see how Google would see NNTP as a threat.


    Not a direct threat, but the technology can't be censored or controlled. There is a definite trend in tech of moving towards centralised platforms. Federation exists, but I would not be surprised if there were people in Big Tech companies who are concerned that there are parts of the internet which are outside of their benevolent steering and moderation.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Vorlon on Sunday, December 03, 2023 09:49:00
    Vorlon wrote to Avon <=-

    Yeah, it's going to block the non spammers as well, they are a side
    affect I'm afraid... Most of the old timers try to point out new
    commers bade choice, but in most cases it goes in one ear and out the other....

    alt.sysadmin.recovery has an interesting feature - self-moderation.
    There's no moderator, you need to be able to figure out how to add an
    approved flag to your post. I figured out how to hack that into
    Synchronet, but forgot to put it into \exec\mods so I'll need to figure
    it out again.




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