What should I do about et abuse (spams, scams & ads)?
You’ve just seen a chain letter, or spam, or an unsolicited and apparently inappropriate advertisement, posted to alt.backrubs. You are enraged. What should you do? First, take a deep breath and exhale slowly; Calm down, this is only Usenet! 🙂 Resolve not to post a message about this to alt.backrubs — you’ll just annoy the rest of us more. Next, read the resources listed here and choose a moral and legal course of action (or inaction) then carry it out. I don’t like to duplicate information that is available in more general frequent postings. Instead, I direct you to the following three documents. This list was current as of 9 October 1995. • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet Posted to news.announce.newusers and news.answers by Mark Moraes
