Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>Ongoing flood from news.freedyn.de
>
> >>>>[...]
>
> >>>>Still ongoing, the latest run is >100 articles:
>
> >>>>-----
> >>>>From: Trumpite Shitbag <jthomq@gmail.com>
> >>>>Newsgroups:
> >>>>alt.survival,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,rec.arts.tv,alt.politics,a
> >>>>lt.atheism,talk.politics.guns,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.global-warming,al
> >>>>t.journalism.criticism,alt.news-media,sci.military.naval,alt.checkmate
> >>>>Subject: I Never Go To Trump Rallies
> >>>>Followup-To: alt.survival
> >>>>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:25:22 -0000 (UTC)
> >>>>Message-ID: <t0t31i$2lj2t$80@news.freedyn.de>
> >>>>-----
>
> >>>[afn added]
>
> >>>Attacks restarted, see e.g.:
>
> >>>Message-ID: <t0vk56$2n48g$99@news.freedyn.de>
>
> >>>Does the admin of news.freedyn.de think that abusive
> >>>crossposts to >10 groups are acceptable?
>
> >>I just read Timo's announcement in news.admin.peering that
> >>news.freedyn.de was taken off line at the end of June 2022.
>
> >And so another abused server goes dark, what a shame.
> >I hope the abuser is pleased with himself.
>
> Until Timo made the announcement, I had no idea he wasn't actually
> administering the News site but had inherited it from someone else.
> The floods shocked me because Timo has been around for a very long
> time and had a very good reputation.

It's good to see that Timo has stopped the rot. I'm sure everyone
can see that the problem was not of his making.

--
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~ Slava Ukraini ~

Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>>>>>. . .

>>>>I just read Timo's announcement in news.admin.peering that
>>>>news.freedyn.de was taken off line at the end of June 2022.

>>>And so another abused server goes dark, what a shame.
>>>I hope the abuser is pleased with himself.

>>Until Timo made the announcement, I had no idea he wasn't actually
>>administering the News site but had inherited it from someone else.
>>The floods shocked me because Timo has been around for a very long
>>time and had a very good reputation.

>It's good to see that Timo has stopped the rot. I'm sure everyone
>can see that the problem was not of his making.

I guess, but there ends up being no effective difference. With 20/20
hindsight, he should have refused to take over the News site he had no
time to administer. Unfortunately the potential for abuse is so great
that News sites always require active administration.