Re: Alt.coffee is dead; long live alt.coffee (somewhere else)

Steve Ackman wrote:
> In <fujj20$63j$5@reader2.panix.com>, on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:37:52 +0000
> (UTC), EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com, EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com wrote:
>> In alt.coffee, Steve Ackman <steve@snip-this.twoloonscoffee.com> wrote:
>>
>>>   There's growing talk of a UDP (Usenet Death Penalty)
>>> against them.  I don't think one's been imposed in
>>> the last decade or so, but just the fact it's being
>>> discussed is encouraging.
>> Wow.  I hadn't heard that.  I remember when TIAC was threatened with a
>> UDP, but I haven't heard the term even discussed in ages.
>
>   Used to be the UDP was executed using cancels.  It
> only took one guy.  News admins who weren't doing the
> canceling just sat back and let the articles *be*
> canceled.
>
>   Now it'd have to be done through active cooperation.
> Giganews would have to either shut down their feed from
> google or would have to filter.  I guess glorb is the
> other google peer, and they appear to be more willing
> than giganews to take action.
>   AIUI, if just giganews and glorb acted, nobody else
> would have to do anything... but apparently the feeling
> is that giganews wouldn't be so inclined.  If so, an
> effective UDP would require all other news admins to
> filter google.
>
>   Since the demise of cancel messages, it's all a lot
> more problematic these days.

I see very little of the google spam of which you speak but do see posts
from folks who post through google.  I guess news.individual.net has a
good system of ridding the crap.

R "ignorant and happy" TF
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