To all participants of the rec.woodworking whom have been affected by the trolls I offer the following report from my observations. I have been studying this group for the past 6 or 7 months since I learned about the rec.woodworking troll problem in NANAU.
It seems that at least two of the most recent troll attack posts have come from the same NNTP posting IP address as one of your regular NG users who goes by the nickname of "Bay Area Dave".
I will post several message IDs for header examination. Just go to
Friday morning a troll post from screen name "The Source": Message ID:
Came from IP address:
4.246.3.188The evening before this troll post was made, Bay Area Dave made a post from the exact same IP address: Message ID:
Came from IP address:
4.246.3.188Coincidence? Read on.
Later Friday evening another troll post appeared under the screen name "Big Mouth" with a list of names of many of the regular posters of this newsgroup with their unprotected e-mail address listed next to each name. The message was crossposted to the alt.spam newsgroup in an obviously malicious attempt to have all of these e-mail addresses harvested and added to spam mailing lists. Message ID:
Came from IP address
4.246.36.207Just a couple hours before this troll post made, Bay Area Dave made two posts from the exact same IP address: Message ID:
Message ID:
Came from IP address:
4.246.36.207Is Bay Area Dave one of the major trolls of this newsgroup? This can not be answered with certainty, however I've demonstrated above that he HAS trolled here. He has certainly shown that he likes to be a skin changer and that he has been known to lash out at people unnecessarily.
Thank you for your time. I hope this information will be helpful to the NG community.
-Samuel T.