"Paul Montgomery" wrote in message
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John John:

I've recently spent a lot of time in the Vista groups tracking down
posters/trolls who constantly switch nicks and like to spoof other
posters.

Many - but not all - of the posters doing that use aioe.org to make
their posts. Aioe.org has no log-in so spoofing is easy using that
newsgroup server. Those aioe.org posts have the IP coded, but it's
simple to trace a particular user/IP once you figute it out. The
spoofs that don't come from aioe.org show the IP of the sender in
encoded form so it's easier to see.

Mick Murphy has been spoofed mercilessly in those groups by ONE person
using aioe.org to post the spoofed messages - and by another person
who makes no attempt to mask his IP (that same person spoofed me). The
aioe.org person has also sent a few messages as "HTCU" and "High Tech
Crime Unit". Now I see Murphy's being spoofed by that same aioe.org
account over here as well... and those same other nicks have also been
used over here.

Mick can get nasty when he's mad, but he's never spoofed anyone in the
MS groups, as he logs directly into the MS servers to post to the MS
groups. Can't spoof from there as far as I know - unless you hack the
person's login name and password.

Nass "spoofed" himself recently, judging from the headers. He too
logs directly into the MS servers to post. Like I said, you can't
spoof from there as far as I know.

Murphy isn't blameless in the back-and-forth crap between him and
nass, but he's not responsible for a lot that you've seen here. Being
spoofed hasn't helped.

Nass, however, took it to another level recently when he stepped over
the line and "spoofed" himself in an attempt to make Murphy look
worse.



I don't know who is to blame for the Nass / Murphy conflict - but I am
heartily sickened by the ongoing allegations and sniping.

I use Outlook Express to download headers from this newsgroup. I have
added both "gentlemen" to my list of blocked senders - and immediately,
the count of new messages diminished to a manageable number.

John John (MVP) has threatened to escalate this problem via the
newsgroup administrators. Maybe it would help to resolve matters, if
he carried out his threat. Then, the real culprit(s) might be banned
from future abuse of this, and other forums.

Furthermore, if Mr Murphy and/or Mr Nass believe they have been wronged,
perhaps they should lodge a similar complaint.