jef@unisoft.uucp (Jef Poskanzer) (09/05/87)
A few months ago there was some noise made about messages leaking out
of the Internet NNTP world and into the junk newsgroups of Usenet at
large. After that, the junk tapered off for a while, but recently it
has come back in force.
I looked in our junk directory and found 70 articles, none of them
cross-posted, addressed to the following newsgroups:
17 comp.ai.vision
12 comp.sys.handhelds
6 comp.theory.cell-automata
6 comp.lang.postscript
5 comp.lang.scheme
3 soc.culture.japan
3 comp.sys.transputer
3 comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
2 sci.lang.japan
2 news.software.nntp
2 comp.theory
2 comp.sys.encore
2 comp.ai.neural-nets
1 sci.psychology
1 sci.math.num-analysis
1 comp.sys.zenith.z100
1 comp.sys.xerox
1 comp.periphs.printers
I don't know whether all of these are from NNTP-land, but obviously some
of them are. The distributions were as follows:
39 <none>
22 world
7 usa
2 na
I've appended the relevant lines from the headers, in case anyone wants
to look into this in detail.
---
Jef
Jef Poskanzer unisoft!jef@ucbvax.Berkeley.Edu ...ucbvax!unisoft!jef
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Date: 17 Aug 87 22:08:49 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <439@louie.udel.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!rochester!udel!montgome
Date: 18 Aug 87 06:47:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4779@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!violet.berkeley.edu!izumi
Date: 18 Aug 87 13:43:45 GMT
Message-ID: <1471@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mit-atrp!sem
Date: 18 Aug 87 20:59:24 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <178@buengc.BU.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!bu-cs!buengc!wtm
Date: 18 Aug 87 18:40:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <4135@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!oberon!poisson.usc.edu!mlinar
Date: 18 Aug 87 22:04:22 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4140@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!oberon!robiner
Date: 18 Aug 87 19:22:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <406@hyper.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!umnd-cs!umn-cs!hyper!dean
Date: 19 Aug 87 16:03:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <21671@lll-tis.arpa>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!carlson
Date: 19 Aug 87 16:56:12 GMT
Message-ID: <1500@sol.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!rochester!daemon
Date: 19 Aug 87 17:46:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <6614@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!umnd-cs!rutgers!mit-eddie!rassilon
Date: 19 Aug 87 17:05:54 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <441@louie.udel.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!rochester!udel!montgome
Date: 19 Aug 87 17:05:04 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <2706@husc6.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!husc6!husc7!edwards
Date: 19 Aug 87 19:14:38 GMT
Message-ID: <2705@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!husc6!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!zark
Date: 19 Aug 87 23:08:21 GMT
Message-ID: <6620@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!rassilon
Date: 19 Aug 87 22:37:10 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <3690@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!elroy!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!ssnyder
Date: 20 Aug 87 01:44:45 GMT
Message-ID: <3728@ecsvax.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!tcamp
Date: 20 Aug 87 02:50:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <3694@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!odea
Date: 19 Aug 87 17:31:23 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4144@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!oberon!othello.usc.edu!barad
Date: 19 Aug 87 23:22:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4146@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!oberon!robiner
Date: 20 Aug 87 04:21:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <12118@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!husc6!bu-cs!tower
Date: 20 Aug 87 05:05:25 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <2706@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!zark
Date: 19 Aug 87 09:34:39 GMT
Message-ID: <593@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!its63b!gvw
Date: 19 Aug 87 14:16:57 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <668@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!strath-cs!craig
Date: 20 Aug 87 08:09:41 GMT
Message-ID: <1525@sol.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!rochester!ken
Date: 20 Aug 87 09:27:19 GMT
Message-ID: <341@prlb2.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!ut-sally!seismo!mcvax!prlb2!ronse
Date: 20 Aug 87 09:33:14 GMT
Message-ID: <342@prlb2.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!ut-sally!seismo!mcvax!prlb2!ronse
Date: 20 Aug 87 14:33:49 GMT
Message-ID: <1532@sol.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!rochester!daemon
Date: 21 Aug 87 00:46:59 GMT
Message-ID: <3474@latcs1.oz>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!seismo!uunet!munnari!mulga!ditmela!latcs1!suter
Date: 21 Aug 87 12:47:37 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1577@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!botter!roelw
Date: 21 Aug 87 14:11:56 GMT
Message-ID: <1019@vanhalen.rutgers.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!vanhalen.rutgers.edu!pratt
Date: 21 Aug 87 16:27:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4851@utah-cs.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!husc6!ut-sally!utah-cs!shebs
Date: 21 Aug 87 18:09:02 GMT
Message-ID: <15931@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!husc6!sri-unix!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw
Date: 21 Aug 87 18:09:02 GMT
Message-ID: <15931@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!rutgers!husc6!sri-unix!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw
Date: 21 Aug 87 19:42:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <20220@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucbvax!dewey.soe.berkeley.edu!matkins
Date: 23 Aug 87 01:44:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Message-ID: <2229@xanth.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mcnc!xanth!kahn
Date: 26 Aug 87 19:19:45 GMT
Message-ID: <655@senilix.liu.se>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Path: unisoft!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!sri-spam!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!enea!liuida!pum1
Date: 26 Aug 87 12:07:54 GMT
Message-ID: <871@klipper.cs.vu.nl>
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!botter!klipper!biep
Date: 26 Aug 87 18:50:35 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <3772@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!cit-vax!beckenba
Date: 24 Aug 87 16:56:13 GMT
Message-ID: <936@titan.camcon.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Path: unisoft!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!aurora!labrea!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!idec!camcon!anc
Date: 27 Aug 87 13:33:11 GMT
Message-ID: <6672@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!aurora!labrea!rutgers!mit-eddie!rich
Date: 29 Aug 87 16:55:22 GMT
Message-ID: <14305@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!wchao
Date: 30 Aug 87 23:54:41 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <20372@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!john@renoir.Berkeley.EDU
Date: 31 Aug 87 15:21:50 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <37@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!husc6!rutgers!dayton!viper!dave
Date: 28 Aug 87 13:59:19 GMT
Message-ID: <965@dutesta.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!seismo!mcvax!dutrun!dutesta!portier
Date: 29 Aug 87 09:33:30 GMT
Message-ID: <1246@mhres.mh.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!husc6!ut-sally!seismo!mcvax!mhres!jv
Date: 1 Sep 87 04:25:10 GMT
Message-ID: <7171@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!ut-sally!seismo!uunet!steinmetz!jesup
Date: 31 Aug 87 16:30:45 GMT
Message-ID: <2148@umn-cs.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.xerox
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!husc6!uwvax!umnd-cs!umn-cs!umdcs
Date: 1 Sep 87 00:52:56 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <29@rpicsb8>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!nysernic!rpicsb8!csv.rpi.edu!hiebeler
Date: 1 Sep 87 21:02:20 GMT
Message-ID: <3855@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!elroy!cit-vax!beckenba
Date: 1 Sep 87 23:23:17 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1914@super.upenn.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!husc6!rutgers!super.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!brant
Date: 2 Sep 87 04:57:17 GMT
Message-ID: <16280@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!husc6!sri-unix!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw
Date: 2 Sep 87 21:52:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <8007@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!rutgers!ucla-cs!tamir
Date: 2 Sep 87 20:20:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <4297@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!bbn!oberon!pollux.usc.edu!pgarg
Date: 2 Sep 87 23:39:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4299@oberon.USC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!bbn!oberon!robiner
Date: 3 Sep 87 01:16:47 GMT
Distribution: na
Message-ID: <2347@xanth.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!xanth!kahn
Date: 3 Sep 87 05:55:04 GMT
In Message-ID: <8709011503.AA21418@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> kgk@cs.brown.EDU (Keiji Kanazawa) complains:
Message-ID: <8709030555.AA20510@ucscf.UCSC.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!UCSCF.UCSC.EDU!drseuss
Date: 2 Sep 87 16:22:01 GMT
Message-ID: <351@prlb2.UUCP>
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!aurora!labrea!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!prlb2!marlair
Date: 2 Sep 87 09:35:12 GMT
Message-ID: <178@dutrun.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!dutrun!frits
Date: 1 Sep 87 10:58:14 GMT
Message-ID: <2791@lifia.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!inria!imag!lifia!jlc
Date: 3 Sep 87 09:56:34 GMT
Message-ID: <3873@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!elroy!cit-vax!newton
Date: 3 Sep 87 12:37:29 GMT
Message-ID: <1158@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcnc!unc!symon
Date: 3 Sep 87 14:22:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1163@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcnc!unc!gauchj
Date: 3 Sep 87 15:03:40 GMT
Message-ID: <1165@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcnc!unc!gauchj
Date: 3 Sep 87 12:03:27 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <36@rpicsb8>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!husc6!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!nysernic!rpicsb8!csv.rpi.edu!hiebeler
Date: 4 Sep 87 00:18:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Message-ID: <20447@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!lbl-csam.arpa!baden
Date: 3 Sep 87 22:23:07 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <37@rpicsb8>
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!husc6!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!nysernic!rpicsb8!csv.rpi.edu!hiebeler
Date: 3 Sep 87 07:23:05 GMT
Message-ID: <1261@mhres.mh.nl>
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!seismo!mcvax!mhres!jv
Date: 4 Sep 87 04:41:21 GMT
Message-ID: <20464@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!seltzer
Date: 2 Sep 87 19:58:53 GMT
Message-ID: <113@cnt.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!rosevax!ems!pwcs!quest!cnt!amir
Date: 31 Aug 87 17:47:07 GMT
Message-ID: <312@pvab.UUCP>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Path: unisoft!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!elroy!cit-vax!oberon!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!enea!pvab!robertbarnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett) (09/08/87)
In article <541@unisoft.UUCP> jef@unisoft.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes: |I looked in our junk directory and found 70 articles, none of them |cross-posted, addressed to the following newsgroups: | | 17 comp.ai.vision etc. This is most likely due to 1. the typical user being unaware that these newsgroups are supossed to have inet distribution instead of world. 2. The difficulty of setting up those newsgroups to be distribution inet, but not world, usa, na, etc. I thought the convention was to gateway the mailing lists to mail.whatever, and was somewhat surprised to see the distributions overlap the name space of comp.- -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett@steinmetz.UUCP> uunet!steinmetz!barnett
daveb@eneevax.UUCP (David Bengtson) (09/22/87)
In article <541@unisoft.UUCP> jef@unisoft.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes: >A few months ago there was some noise made about messages leaking out >of the Internet NNTP world and into the junk newsgroups of Usenet at > 12 comp.sys.handhelds ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As I am interested in Handheld Computers, is there any way that I can get access to this Newsgroup from Usenet? Perhaps some kind reader would be able to point me in the correct direction.
msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) (09/22/87)
According to my .newsrc, there is a group comp.sys.handhelds on
USENET.
Smitty
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