"Gama" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BE817739.2D3FD%[email protected]...
> Saw posted elsewhere and someone saying the link is spam.
>
> Gama
>
So why did you post it again and crosspost to so many groups?
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Tumbleweed wrote:
> "Gama" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:BE817739.2D3FD%[email protected]...
>
>>Saw posted elsewhere and someone saying the link is spam.
>>
>>Gama
>>
>
>
> So why did you post it again and crosspost to so many groups?
>
Maybe the spammers have learnt that most news servers filter their spam
but not the replies. So now they spam, pick it up on a non-filtering
server and post a reply to get their spam posted on all the other servers.
Tony Raven composed the following;:
> Tumbleweed wrote:
>> "Gama" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:BE817739.2D3FD%[email protected]...
>>
>>> Saw posted elsewhere and someone saying the link is spam.
>>>
>>> Gama
>>>
>>
>>
>> So why did you post it again and crosspost to so many groups?
>>
>
> Maybe the spammers have learnt that most news servers filter their spam
> but not the replies. So now they spam, pick it up on a non-filtering
> server and post a reply to get their spam posted on all the other servers.
or just prefix their original spam with a Re: ..... so it isn't a real reply
at all ...