Re: EARN $50,000 PLUS (it's easy and legal so at least read it!!)

Ian Hoare wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Well, Ian, I always send a copy, including the source code, to the US Postal Inspector ( snipped-for-privacy@uspis.gov), if there are US addresses listed, as I know they are interested in particpants of pyramid schemes...I like to think that these people get an unexpected call or visit ;)

d:D

Ian Hoare wrote:

Ian, Are you sure that they're making no effort? Are these messages posted from the same IP address every time? Shaw has the reputation for being a fairly responsive ISP. Often times, these spam posts are injected through an open proxy, though in this case it doesn't appear to be the case. As you might imagine, it is difficult for any ISP to monitor all of its IP block for open proxies and back doors, but most ISPs will close on if it's brought to the attention of their abuse dept. However, if you have evidence that they are neglecting to act responsibly to your abuse complaints, you can bring this to the attention of news.admin.net-abuse.usenet (NANAU for short). In the past, various NSPs who have not enforced their own AUP for Usenet posts (or who had a very lax AUP) were threatened with/dealt the so-called "Usenet death penalty" (UDP) in which major news servers will stop peering with them, resulting in no or little propagation of posts injected from there. Typically, a UDP will result in rapid compliance (as it represents a loss of service, hence revenue) but is issued only in extremis. Another recourse is to bring this to the attention of your own news admin, who can always choose to block posts injected from shaw.ca and/or bring this issue to the attention of NANAU herself. Be aware, however, that NANAU is also haunted by various spammers and trolls who attempt to disrupt their legitimate business as much as possible.

HTH Mark Lipton