Don W wrote in
:

If he cannot prove his allegations of spam maybe he should
contain his libelous statements before someone in a legal department
somewhere gets angry and takes action.


I proved my allegations. I simply copied BOTH messages and sent them to
the abuse department at google-groups and SBC, the internet provider. I
asked them to point out their user requirements under their own AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy), which forbid the propagation of spam from their
servers, not just to newsgroups.

It's up to the two providers to handle it, which is why I got two nice
replies to my abuse emails and why, I'm sure, we're having this extended
discussion...(c;

I'm actually being very nice. I know some boys at a major university who
run a little background program on frame relay bandwidth that can run a
commercial website's hit costs WAY up in a matter of hours. I didn't add
him to the list......yet.

I usually reserve that for assholes sending spam to my email accounts dumb
enough to include their webpage addresses....

If EVERYONE would report EVERY occurance, and it's not rocket science to
look at the headers of these amateurs, it would be too costly to spam any
Usenet group, or even your personal email. Users CAN fight back. I do all
the while....(c;