On Oct 22, 12:28*pm, "Paul@BYC" wrote:
On 10/22/2010 7:51 AM, I am Tosk wrote:



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On 10/21/2010 6:19 PM, A.Boater wrote:
On 21-Oct-2010, * wrote:

Spoofed? What do you mean by spoofed?

Spoofing, by definition, is a "situation in which one person or program
successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data." So, simply, if one
of the spoofers, trying to save life as we know it, is offended by you they
will falsify their identity and, say, become you, posting all sorts of stuff
you would not post.

You have to closely monitor headers to even figure out who you are actually
posting to.

Jesus, that's right out of grammar school. Sounds like rec.boats should
hire a hall monitor. :)

Unfortunately, rec.boats has had a professional troll/shill for over a
decade. The guy has been known to post up to 100 attack and political,
crossposted rants in one 24 hour period. Over the years several attempts
have been made to quell the activity with spoofing being the most
effective so far. If you notice, it's only one poster who is spoofed,
probably the same one complaining about it even though he posts under
several socks, including the one you are responding to above... Take it
for what it's worth.. Welcome to one wild sandbox.

I guess annoying posters are in the mind of the beholder. There are at
least three or four who are "spoofing" and otherwise behaving like
little boys as far as I can tell, and seem to do it only to get a rise
out of each other. Like I posted before, straight out of grammar school.

Too bad this isn't a moderated usenet group. The troublemakers would be
banished to somewhere else.

I'm going up to Lake Zoar over the weekend to lower my boat into the
water, onto a trailer, and into a storage building for the winter, with
a little engine winterization tossed in for good measure. That boat
winters more comfortably than I do!

Just make sure you stay away from flim-flam Ingersoll, the Internet
tough guy.