Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 1 Sep 1997.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE BAD NEWS
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 1 Sep 1997 - 7 Sep 1997
I received this letter of expert advice back, about what we could all do about the Bad News that was dumped on us. It may be a useful suggestion that will help. I hope so..... On 8/31/97 3:22 pm, Jonathon R. Oglesbee <ogl...@fullnet.net> wrote: > Thankyou very much for responding to my request for assistance about >problems with our newsgroup. I can't say I am happy about the answer you >sent me, but it does clear up the situation. None of us are happy. This used to work until people got greedy. > Would making the news group "moderated" have any positive effect on the >problem? Sorry, that won't help. You'll still be sending the articles along the same paths, so you are facing the same trouble. What you can do that should help some, is to get into the habit of adding misc.misc to your Newsgroups: line. *Everything* is on topic for misc.misc, so it's acceptable, and many sites carry it that do not carry alt.* groups. It won't cure your propagation problems 100%, but it will improve the odds. Good luck! F.
I advice everyone NOT to take any of this "useful advice". I did this, one time, and never got so much junk mass-mail, ever! misc.misc must be frequented by every miscellaneous junk garbage spammer on Usenet.
Jonathon R. Oglesbee (ogl...@fullnet.net--removetoreply) wrote: >I advice everyone NOT to take any of this "useful advice". I did this, one time, and never got so much junk mass-mail, ever! > misc.misc must be frequented by every miscellaneous junk garbage > spammer on Usenet. And so it should be for having such a damn silly newsgroup name like "misc.misc" ! Hint...I am an anti-miscist. *8-) Bye,
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