Why I don't like LinuxCAD.
While I was researching this article I came across this post to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet stating that this set of messages from SoftwareForge advertising LinuxCAD had been cancelled. SoftwareForge has since modified its posting procedure to avoid having their advertisements cancelled.
I found this post to usenet while I was searching Dejanews for information to write this article on October 10th, 1998. Dejanews has finite disk resources and therefore cannot archive everything ever posted to Usenet. Older posts will eventually be discarded. I have therefore decided to archive this post here. It should be available on Dejanews for a couple of more months at least.
Subject: spam canceled - 14 May LinuxCAD v 1.5 Author: Matt Bartley Email: mbartley@lear35.cytex.com Date: 1998/05/14 Forums: news.admin.net-abuse.usenet 23 articles canceled. This is a slow spam, posted about 4 times per day, with the Subject header containing the current date. It has crossed over the line into the cancel zone. <205101998064204sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.advocacy <305101998064205sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.development.apps <405101998064206sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.hardware <505101998064207sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.misc <705101998064209sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.setup <205111998064246sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.advocacy <305111998064247sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.development.apps <605111998064250sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.networking <705111998064250sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.setup <805111998064251sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.x <405111998064248sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.hardware <505111998064249sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.misc <505131998064031sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.misc <805131998064034sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.x <405131998064029sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.hardware <605131998064032sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.networking <705131998064033sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.setup <205141998064100sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.advocacy <305141998064101sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.development.apps <405141998064103sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.hardware <505141998064104sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.misc <605141998064105sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.networking <705141998064105sforge@mcs.net> comp.os.linux.setup Complaints to idsonline.com.