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When some asswipe uses the thread you started and then blocks you out of
it and uses it as his own. That's almost as bad as someone spoofing your UserID and using it as their own on a steady basis. Thankfully there
isn't anyone I know who's doing that.
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, somebody claiming to be me wrote:

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250730-12, 7/30/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

Oh wait, they must be a Windows user ...

... but I donrCOt run Windows!?
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

When some asswipe uses the thread you started and then blocks you out of
it and uses it as his own. That's almost as bad as someone spoofing your >UserID and using it as their own on a steady basis. Thankfully there
isn't anyone I know who's doing that.

How do they do that on Usenet? There is no blocking mechanism that I
am aware of.
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

When some asswipe uses the thread you started and then blocks you out of >>it and uses it as his own. That's almost as bad as someone spoofing your >>UserID and using it as their own on a steady basis. Thankfully there
isn't anyone I know who's doing that.

How do they do that on Usenet? There is no blocking mechanism that I
am aware of.

Only in moderated groups. None of the NZ ones are moderated.
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

On 7/30/2025 9:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, somebody claiming to be me wrote:

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250730-12, 7/30/2025), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

Oh wait, they must be a Windows user ...

... but I donrCOt run Windows!?

... and I'm sure every person who reads these newsgroups will check for
that.
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:21:51 -0400, someone claiming to be me wrote:

On 7/30/2025 9:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, somebody claiming to be me wrote:

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250730-12, 7/30/2025), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

Oh wait, they must be a Windows user ...

... but I donrCOt run Windows!?

... and I'm sure every person who reads these newsgroups will check for
that.

Now that they know what to look for ...
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:23:21 -0000 (UTC), Tony
<lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:27 -0400, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

When some asswipe uses the thread you started and then blocks you out of >>>it and uses it as his own. That's almost as bad as someone spoofing your >>>UserID and using it as their own on a steady basis. Thankfully there >>>isn't anyone I know who's doing that.

How do they do that on Usenet? There is no blocking mechanism that I
am aware of.

Only in moderated groups. None of the NZ ones are moderated.

Oooohhh yeah - thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten that some are moderated.
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