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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!jvnc.net!lazlo.uvi.edu!jlucas From: jlucas@uvi.edu (John Lucas) Subject: Re: Mozilla newsreader (Was: Re: Where do I get DES paackage?) Message-ID: <DAzxoI.I7x@tigger.jvnc.net> Sender: news@tigger.jvnc.net (Zee News Genie) Organization: University of the Virgin Islands X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3spjtm$t1j@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <DAw52C.6Fx@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 17:24:18 GMT Lines: 37 Peter Much (peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org) wrote: : In article <3spjtm$t1j@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, Paul Weber <weber> wrote: : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : : There is great trouble on Usenet. : : Somebody must have released a new newsreader, while being complete : ignorant about Usenet-functionality and RFCs. : : This newsreader seems to be written for a standalone mailbox without any : network connectivity only, where there is no need for any hostname, so : putting only the user-name into the Headers will be ok. : : Now, this terribly broken newsreader has been released to Usenet, and : there are thousands and thousands of articles spamming usenet with un- : useable headers. : : I found out that this newsreader identifies itself with the string : "Mozilla". This reminds me of Godzilla, some Japanese monster: Just like : Godzilla's only interest was to destroy Japanese cities and everything it : could lay hands on, Mozilla's only interest seems to be the destruction : of Usenet to non-functionality. : : To solve this problem, i now have written a small cancel-daemon, that : will cancel all articles on Usenet bearing the string "Mozilla" in the : Newsreader-Header. Hope this helps. : Uh-oh, "Mozilla" is the "cool" name for NetScape. I wonder which versions are the offenders? With the popularity of NetScape, this could be a real serious problem. Maybe you should drop a note (bug report) to netscape.com. -- | John Lucas jlucas@uvi.edu | | Academic Computing NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.uvi.edu/jlucas.html |