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Makes sense. Why ban the Google user when they can ban the whole news group (from their interface) instead. This awoke some latent memories of Forte Agent, the
by sundvor 5y ago
Makes sense. Why ban the Google user when they can ban the whole news group (from their interface) instead.
This awoke some latent memories of Forte Agent, the NTP (?) client? Good times..
- cmacleod4 5y agoThis same spam has been going for years, but the poster keeps changing their identity. It's always all-caps, lots of references to mafia, assasins, paedofilia etc.
- swiley 5y agoMaybe gmail addresses should be prevented from posting or whitelisted?
- dagw 5y agoNNTP. NTP is for synchronizing clocks.
- sundvor 5y agoAh, thanks. I tried to just type something from memory - definitely NNTP, Network News Transfer Protocol.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoPTP is for synchronizing clocks. NTP is for getting them close ;)
- dimator 5y agoI loved Forte! Installed next to it was mIRC. Then you're all set! Ah, simpler times, before everything turned to shit. I miss custom native internet clients.
- sundvor 5y agoAbsolutely. I actually used it as my primary email client for years, a well.