• free.usenet being flooded with one-liners

    From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 30 14:30:26 2025
    Hello!

    free.usenet is being flooded with Dutch messages saying thanks.

    Message-ID: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>


    I do not understand if people reply intentionally in this group or if
    there is a bug in the spotnet software.

    Does anybody here know more?

    --
    kind regards
    Marco

    Send spam to [email protected]

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  • From Colin Macleod@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 1 19:59:43 2025
    Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

    free.usenet is being flooded with Dutch messages saying thanks.

    Message-ID: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>


    I do not understand if people reply intentionally in this group or if
    there is a bug in the spotnet software.

    Does anybody here know more?

    I think the group is being misused to post binaries, but you're not seeing
    the binaries because they get filtered out on text-only servers, so you
    only see posts which are responses to those binaries.
    The group free.pt looks to be in a similar state.

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    Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

    We shall not cease from exploration
    And the end of all our exploring
    Will be to arrive where we started
    And know the place for the first time. - T.S.Eliot

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