[SpamCop-List] Re: Reporting usenet spam

[Mike B]

Mike Easter <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote:
> Mike B wrote:
> www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z726478597z4d4dd49b0032ebf02c97e872b836dee5z
>
>> I can see that Spamcop uses the X-Complaints header, but I was
>> expecting to also see a report generated for the NNTP posting id
>> which resolves to abuse at aol.com.
>
> There are a lot of good reasons to ignore or filter usenet annoyances
> rather than bother to notify the provider/s, but if you were 'driven'
> to report that item, I would report it to google and aol.  Google
> because it is posted thru' google groups and it is against google's
> terms of service for its user accounts to be spamming newsgroups
> http://www.google.com/googlegroups/terms_of_service.html and it
> against AOL's terms as well

The poster is persistent and continually spams several newsgroups that I 
subscribe to.

>
> Google knows 'who' posted it...

I think (s)he already lost at least one Google account as the Google posting 
id has changed, as well as the reply-to address. But, Google is also 
notoriously slow to investigate spam complaints.

>
> Injection-Info: z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com;
> posting-host=172.134.202.110;
>   posting-account=znoxtw0AAACFsrKAk8Zfeo8Ai8UwnOOK
>
> ...whereas I'm doubtful that AOL would go to the trouble to figure out
> if its TOS had been violated.  Very often a provider's TOS are
> 'confusing' and vague about whether or not a single item to a single
> group is in violation of anything.

I recon that if several people complain to AOL it becomes easier for AOL to 
figure out that their TOS had been violated. And as you recognized, it is 
not one post to one group. I let the first few posts slide, but then I 
decided to try and take him/her out or at least cause them some trouble.

>
> That group is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken and the post is 'off
> topic' and proselytizing Christian faith and biblical teachings and
> websites.  It isn't 'run-of-the-mill' commercial spam, but there are a
> lot of items found with a google search on 'Internet Evangelist R.L.
> Grossi' in both google groups and also google web.

-- 
Mike B