On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:38:03 -0700 Dan Lester said:
>OK, y'all, I'm getting desperate and grouchy on this issue.
>
>Even after posting the question here and to newsgroups in the news.*
>hierarchy, I can't seem to get a clean answer.  buslib-l and a half dozen
>other lists from idbsu.idbsu.edu were formerly gatewayed to Usenet as
>bit.listserv.listname via AUVM.  WHY am I still getting stuff like this
>when there is no subscription on the list for *@*auvm* or *@*american*
>??   See quoted msg headers below....headers are complete and untouched....
>
>I know there is a way to kill the groups so they don't keep bouncing around
>usenet full of spam and an occasional good message.  However, no one here
>knows how, and I sure don't.  And, I'm not sure what level of authority,
>and who has it, to get the groups killed and no messages coming from them.
>Any clues?
>
>I even sent a message to the help desk at uunet and got no reply.....which
>shows how desperate I was.


Try posting a message to news.admin.technical.  It sounds like what you
want is to kill a newsgroup.