Oops, sorry I am not the Moderator, but ...

 JP> Is there anything that can be done to prevent loads of 
 JP> Usenet news being dumped into various fidonet groups by 
 JP> 1:278/521?

Has the SysOp been made aware that his system is the source of the problem?

I like you, am tired of it, but sometimes these things happen without the
SysOps knowlege. So, everytime the mail comes in, I go through my entire
system and delete every message from NEWS.

Later,
Dave

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