Denied

Actions that may lead to denial include:

• Really excessive downloading of articles. I mean, really.
• Address-harvesting-like behavior. (Selecting many, many groups, reading few articles.)
• Feeding articles onto Usenet.

It takes a lot to trigger a denial. Nobody who uses Gmane with a normal news reader can cause a denial.

Since there is no way to identify users, news readers are denied on a domain/IP basis. So if somebody on a machine close to you downloaded the news spool yesterday, you're likely to be denied today.

Here's a list of current blocked domains/IP ranges:

• 165.242.18.0/24
• usen-221x112x195x234.ap-us01.usen.ad.jp
• *.tky.mesh.ad.jp
• 62.101.161.0/24
• nature.tsukuba.ac.jp
• 140.109.21.59/24
• *.dsl.bcvloh.ameritech.net
• jammed.com
• 217.118.78.0/24
• *.ccom.uminho.pt
• 192.117.150.62/24
• *.cyberec.com
• perotin.silab.ecl.ntt.co.jp
• *.chester.ac.uk
• *.osaka.ocn.ne.jp
• *.cable.ubr10.haye.blueyonder.co.uk
• 221.166.216.58/24
• clarion.visp.fr
• *.parelli.com
• *.mal1.adsl.uni2.es
• *.dhcp.nrwl.ca.charter.com
• *.travedsl.de
• *.pool8248.interbusiness.it
• 67.22.70/24
• *.sentechsa.net
• 212.20.195.0/24
• 217.193.159.0/24
• 218.106.169.0/24
• 209.144.237.0/24
• 220.234.156.0/24
• *.202.71.108.static.es2u.com
• *.65.33.65.cfl.res.rr.com
• 74.86.135.173/24
• *.compute-1.amazonaws.com
• 111.68.107.98/24
• 193.106.101/24
• *.15-79-b.business.telecomital
• *.238.218.87.dynamic.jazztel.es
• 154.20.212.1/24 (20111210)
• *.jetstream.xtra.co.nz (20111212)
• *.jetstream.xtra.co.nz (20111213)
• *.netvigator.com (20111213)
• 46.217.16.1/24 (20111214)
• *.15-79-b.business.telecomital (20111215)
• 123.110.162.1/24 (20111217)
• *.4.246.254.dsl.dyn.forthnet.g (20111217)
• *.ds1-ynoe.adsl.cybercity.dk (20111217)
• *.ip105.fastwebnet.it (20111218)
• 123.110.162.1/24 (20111221)
• *.15-79-b.business.telecomital (20111222)
• *.50-151.net24.it (20111228)
• *.mpls.qwest.net (20111228)
• 78.134.34.1/24 (20111229)
• 187.74.42.1/24 (20111229)
• *.pres.cable.virginmedia.com (20120101)
• 181.42.211/24 (20120103)
• *.2-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it (20120104)
• 77.29.1.1/16 (20120104)
• 187.74.45.1/24 (20120109)
• 186.10.230.1/24 (20120110)
• *.hsnxx4.dynamic.dsl.tele.dk (20120110)
• *.carlnfd1.nsw.optusnet.com.au (20120111)
• 78.134.34.1/24 (20120114)
• 92.53.14.1/24 (20120115)
• 177.9.90.1/24 (20120116)
• 123.110.160.1/24 (20120118)
• 123.110.160.1/24 (20120119)
• 123.110.160.1/24 (20120120)
• *.dsl.telesp.net.br (20120120)
• 188.202.178.1/24 (20120121)
• 78.134.34.1/24 (20120121)
• 123.110.160.1/24 (20120121)
• 84.40.76.1/24 (20120123)
• *.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de (20120125)
• *.suse.de (20120125)
• *.18-1.cable.virginmedia.com (20120125)
• 177.9.91.1/24 (20120126)
• 188.125.16.1/24 (20120127)
• 177.9.91.1/24 (20120127)
• 177.9.91.1/24 (20120128)
• *.bath.ac.uk (20120128)