I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
On Jul 17, 2026 at 9:40:51rC>AM CDT, "The Doctor" <The Doctor> wrote:
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
Can you provide example newsgroups you're seeing?
$ cat unwanted.log | egrep 'alt\.'
7 alt.bbs.files-announce
5 alt.sex.pictu
4 alt.test.9
2 alt.2600.madrid
1 alt.soc.germans
Keep in mind, some of the commercial NSPs will accept and propagate ANY >article with ANY Newsgroups: header, whether 'valid' or not. I don't pay too >much attention to the 'unwanted' logs... If there's a newgroup message sent >for the alt hierarchy, INN's default is to accept it, so I always assume these >are articles I don't need or are sent in error.
Outside of alt, there are several groups that seem to get posted to with >regular frequency, but I've never received a newgroup/checkgroups control >message for:
$ cat unwanted.log
26880 fido7.ukrnews
1240 hispagatos.hacking.news
160 hispagatos.hacking.ransomware
62 newsreader.test
41 fido7.lorapvt
39 hispagatos.mastodon.tag.hacking
22 fido7.nodex.tech
14 hispagatos.hacking.exploits
8 local.general
8 de.rec.spiele
7 alt.bbs.files-announce
7 chmurka.statystyki
5 alt.sex.pictu
4 net.msg
4 alt.test.9
3 net.all
3 fido.ru.space
3 fa.all
2 fido7.f715.echo
2 hispagatos.mastodon.tag.hackers
2 misc.phone.mobile.android
2 chmurka.test
2 alt.2600.madrid
2 eternal-september.nocems
1 fa.info-mac.sources
1 soc.culutre.china
1 fido.su.pol
1 braunschweig.test
1 alt.soc.germans
1 a.a.mis.harrisburg
Thus spake doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
1. There is no authoritative list of alt.* groups.
2. Could this be related to your new full feed from paganini?
In that case, there are two options:
Do an actsync with paganini or just ignore the "unwanted newsgroup"
errors in your log.
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In article <878q797gn3.fsf@raybanana.net>,
Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> wrote:
Thus spake doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.1. There is no authoritative list of alt.* groups.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files. >>
2. Could this be related to your new full feed from paganini?
In that case, there are two options:
Do an actsync with paganini or just ignore the "unwanted newsgroup"
errors in your log.
One example is alt.drwho .
This is not a group.
2 alt.2600.madrid
1240 hispagatos.hacking.news
160 hispagatos.hacking.ransomware
39 hispagatos.mastodon.tag.hacking
14 hispagatos.hacking.exploits
2 hispagatos.mastodon.tag.hackers
8 de.rec.spiele
8 de.rec.spiele
It seems you have missed certain control messages, but that group exists
in de.* after reorganization.
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Marco
Junk-Mail bitte an trashcan@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de
like alt.drwho
but alt.drwho.creative is a legit group
WE need to get rid of all bogus alt groups in our data
and let no one creating this false alt groups.
I know ISC.org does carry an official list .
Faux alt groups
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
Thus spake doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
like alt.drwho
but alt.drwho.creative is a legit group
WE need to get rid of all bogus alt groups in our data
and let no one creating this false alt groups.
Then why do YOU keep crossposting to alt.drwho?
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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho, alt.drwho
Subject: Re: OT Re: ARG vs ENG
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:32:04 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: NetKnow News
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I know ISC.org does carry an official list .
There is no "official" list of alt.* groups, as there is no official
process and no official hierarchy management.
ISC offers a sample active file that contains all groups for which
newgroup control messages have been sent in the past. As everybody can
send such control messages for alt.* (some people claim that alt is an >acronym for "anarchists, lunatics, terrorists"), newgroup messages for
alt.* are meaningless.
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On 7/17/2026 10:40 PM, The Doctor wrote:
Faux alt groups
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files.
Was it "false" or "faux"?
Did you type "false" but became "faux"?
Then you possibly are in a seal.
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In article <874ihtty8z.fsf@raybanana.net>,
Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> wrote:
Thus spake doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
like alt.drwho
but alt.drwho.creative is a legit group
WE need to get rid of all bogus alt groups in our data
and let no one creating this false alt groups.
Then why do YOU keep crossposting to alt.drwho?
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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho, alt.drwho
Subject: Re: OT Re: ARG vs ENG
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:32:04 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: NetKnow News
Message-ID: <113dask$arr$25@gallifrey.nk.ca>
References: <1139807$1j8ob$1@dont-email.me> <113bkaa$1cg0$1@gallifrey.nk.ca> >> <113crv1$2lv2k$1@dont-email.me> <xn0psdqc52vsndi002@post.eweka.nl>
Injection-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:32:04 -0000 (UTC)
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I know ISC.org does carry an official list .
There is no "official" list of alt.* groups, as there is no official
process and no official hierarchy management.
ISC offers a sample active file that contains all groups for which
newgroup control messages have been sent in the past. As everybody can
send such control messages for alt.* (some people claim that alt is an
acronym for "anarchists, lunatics, terrorists"), newgroup messages for
alt.* are meaningless.
Why are you carrying alt.drwho ?
In article <113holl$4ftd$1@dont-email.me>, Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
Am 17.07.26 um 17:34 schrieb Jesse Rehmer:
8 de.rec.spiele
It seems you have missed certain control messages, but that group exists
in de.* after reorganization.
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Marco
Junk-Mail bitte an trashcan@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de
Another example is
alt.idiot.will-dockery ** invalid news group -- check spelling **
like alt.drwho
but alt.drwho.creative is a legit group
WE need to get rid of all bogus alt groups in our data
and let no one creating this false alt groups.
I know ISC.org does carry an official list .
In article <113lruj$1e4qp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/17/2026 10:40 PM, The Doctor wrote:
Faux alt groups
I have been seeing some faux alt newsgroups lately.
I wonder if everyone have a synced newsgroups and newsrc and related files. >>
Was it "false" or "faux"?
Did you type "false" but became "faux"?
Then you possibly are in a seal.
False vs faux . MEans the same thing.
In article <113lruj$1e4qp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Was it "false" or "faux"?
Did you type "false" but became "faux"?
Then you possibly are in a seal.
False vs faux . MEans the same thing.
On 2026-07-20 8:33 p.m., The Doctor wrote:
In article <113lruj$1e4qp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Was it "false" or "faux"?
Did you type "false" but became "faux"?
False vs faux . MEans the same thing.
...
Faux: A borrowed French word (pronounced like "foe") used stylishly....
On 7/21/2026 11:01 PM, Idlehands wrote:
On 2026-07-20 8:33 p.m., The Doctor wrote:
In article <113lruj$1e4qp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Was it "false" or "faux"?
Did you type "false" but became "faux"?
False vs faux . MEans the same thing.
...
Faux: A borrowed French word (pronounced like "foe") used stylishly....
Not good... not good whenever French was involved. :)--
What's origin of this borrowed word "faux"? Another
tortured saint? Like Saint Joan of Arc? Well.... :)
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Idlelies cannot speak French.
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