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Old April 26th 05, 08:10 PM
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As with email spam, you must use your best judgment. By normal usenet
definitions, spam is a message which is either cross-posted excessively or
multi-posted excessively. However, other forms of postings are often frowned
upon by usenet administrators and ISPs in general even if not strictly
defined as spam.

Usenet is much more complicated than email to evaluate. Each group has its
own rules (for instance, most groups - but not all - forbid commercial
postings). When reporting a usenet message, you should always add some
comments of your own to indicate why you are reporting the message as spam.
Indicate what local rules the poster is breaking and include a link to the
group's charter, if available. Or, indicate that the message has been
excessively multi-posted or cross-posted.

Under no circumstances should you report messages which are freedom of
speech issues. For instance, if you are reading a pro-choice newsgroup, and
you see an objectionable post from a pro-lifer, this should *not* be
reported to the ISP using SpamCop or any other method. Simply being
off-topic does not make a message spam. Reporting such messages will gain
nothing and will only serve to dilute the opinion of administrators for you
personally and SpamCop generally. See also the rules FAQ for possible
punishment (including banning from SpamCop).

If you object to a certain post, you should also make every effort to
educate the poster before you report them to their ISP. Usenet is a place
where many people learn about netiquette for the first time. If you think
the poster is doing the wrong thing out of ignorance, please try to educate
them nicely via email before you cry spam. Don't clutter the newsgroup with
these educational messages. Send the poster email. If the person continues
to post spam to your group and they are unwilling to be educated, only then
should you bring the issue to the attention of their ISP.


 




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