This page contains answers to questions
specific to the worldnet.users.spam-killer newsgroup. Please read
before posting.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
- What is Spam-Killer?
- What kind of posts are acceptable?
- I need help tracing a spam. Should
I post the entire spam?
- Is posting in HTML acceptable?
- What should my post
say?
- What do you mean
by having a kill posted?
- Someone posted a spam source,
but I get something different. What's up?
- I am new here. What else should I
do before I post?
-
Anything else I
should know?
Spam-killer is an internal Worldnet users Newsgroup .
It was formed for the purpose of providing the spam fighters of Worldnet a place to provide assistance and support to all those
interested in helping to eliminate spam from the Internet. The newsgroup
is not manned by Forum Assistants or monitored by AT&T for anything other
than Terms of Service Violations.
Spam-killer is a user group, so the rules are limited
to on-topic posts and posts not in conflict with the Worldnet Terms of
Service.
On-topic posts can be questions about spam, requests
for assistance with tracing spam, general spam-related information, links to
other sites and posts, "kill" notifications, and the like.
Please be aware of copyrights when posting information
found in other newsgroups and on other sites. Generally, a brief
synopsis of the article and a URL will suffice.
No. The full headers are adequate information for
locating the source of the spam. If there are any web page URLs shown in
the spam, those may be included in the post. Please edit out the body of
the spam. We do not want to waste any more bandwidth on spam or give the
spammers any more of an audience.
No. Some newsreaders will not translate HTML and
will make the post unreadable to people using those news clients. HTML
also needlessly increases the size of the post and wastes bandwidth.
Most of the folks that participate in the newsgroup are
very good at tracing spam; however, we tend to be very bad at mind
reading. Do you need assistance in tracing the source of a spam? Do you
have a kill you want to report? Just seeking general information? Let us
know the reason for your post and we will be glad to help.
Spam-Killer has its own kill board. Authenticated
kills which are reported are listed on the Kill Board under the name of the
person reporting the kill.
The board is located at http://home.att.net/~spamkiller/.
We are all here for a common purpose: to fight spam. Advice is gladly
given, but remember that everyone responding to your post is just another user. There are varying levels of experience here. If you disagree with the results someone posts, politely post your own results and ask how the other answer was obtained. Everyone may learn something. If you don't understand the answer you get, ask for further
information.
Do your homework. There are many reference site available to help you to understand terminology and tactics. Use them. No one minds lending a hand in tracing a spam. If posters continually fails to do even the most basic footwork themselves, other people tend to start ignoring their help requests.
Check your attitude at the door. Since its inception this Newsgroup has been one of the most helpful and pleasant on the web, let's keep it that way.
