> In article <MOD$001211.26016@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, Ronald Zwaagstra > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am sorry to see that this post has popped in rec.gardens.ecosystems > > too. It appears that many moderated groups were hit, as the poster knows > > how to circumvent the moderation mechanism. > > > > Ronald > > I take it you have manually removed it, or that it has just not shown up > yet on my local server, as I have not seen this message, or the others > that must be showing up, judging by the responses I've received for > approval.
I am so sorry. I didn't anticipate forged approvals so I never looked into
cancelling posts with forged approvals. However, cancelling them seems to
have a limited effect only since many newsservers don't honour them. These
are difficult times for moderators. We all noticed the posts with the
forged approvals, but there is even more trouble outside. The latest hype
in spamming seems to be to use valid e-mail addresses of innocent people.
Our bot seems to have send out receipts and rejection messages to people
who never posted to rec.gardens.ecosystems, or who at least didn't post
the message that got rejected.