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.