ALT.SEX.MASTURBATION the FAQ
This is Part Four of the FAQ--This is the LAST part of the FAQ
ALT.SEX.MASTURBATION the FAQ
Contents of the whole FAQ are found with PART ONE
X1. A partial listing of personal ad groups.
Note: Be sure to post only to regional groups that
apply to you. Check the group's FAQ and read messages
in the group before posting. The groups have various
attitudes concerning how explicit ads should be. Most
do not want commercial ads, so if you are selling something,
even if it is only your body, look for one of the
marketplace groups. Beware: obviously I haven't
checked out every group, and there may be some joke
groups. There are a few notes explaining the groups,
but these are mine. They are not official descriptions,
and they may be wrong. Alt.sex.cancel is a test group;
anything posted to it or crossposted to it should be
cancelled.
alt.nv.personals
alt.personals
alt.personals.ads
alt.personals.aliens
alt.personals.bi
alt.personals.big-folks
alt.personals.bondage
alt.personals.d d means discussion of personals, not the
ads themselves
alt.personals.fat
alt.personals.fetish
alt.personals.herpes
alt.personals.intercultural
alt.personals.intergen
alt.personals.jewish
alt.personals.misc
alt.personals.motss motss=members of the same sex
alt.personals.poly multiple partners (>2)
alt.personals.spanking
alt.personals.tall
alt.personals.teen
alt.personals.transgendered
alt.herpes.personals
alt.personals.big-folks
alt.va.personals
aus.personals Australia
austin.personals Austin, Tx
av.personals
ba.personals Bay Area (San Francisco, Berkeley, etc.)
chi.personals
dfw.personals Dallas-Ft. Worth
houston.personals
israel.ads.personals
ithaca.personals
la.personals
md.personals
niagara.personals
nv.personals
nyc.personals
ott.personals
pdaxs.ads.personals
pnw.personals
sat.personals
sdnet.personals
slo.personals
triangle.personals North Carolina
triangle.personals.bi
triangle.personals.friendship
triangle.personals.m-seeking-m
triangle.personals.m-seeking-w
triangle.personals.motss
triangle.personals.variations
triangle.personals.w-seeking-m
triangle.personals.w-seeking-w
ucb.personals
uk.adverts.personals
us.sc.chester.personals
us.sc.columbia.personals
us.sc.lancaster.personals
vegas.personals
alt.va.personals
X2. Some other sex-oriented groups
Note: Read the group and the FAQ before posting.
Some of these may be inactive or joke groups.
This is not a complete list.
alt.sex.anal
alt.sex.balls
alt.sex.bestiality
alt.sex.bondage
alt.sex.breast
alt.sex.brothels
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace <- Commercial ads go here
alt.sex.escorts.ads <- ads go here
alt.sex.escorts.ads.d <- discussion of ads goes here
alt.sex.exhibitionism
alt.sex.fat
alt.sex.fetish.amputee
alt.sex.fetish.diapers
alt.sex.fetish.feet
alt.sex.fetish.sailor-moon
alt.sex.fetish.scat <- scat = shit play
alt.sex.homosexual
alt.sex.incest
alt.sex.intergen
alt.sex.magazines
alt.sex.motss
alt.sex.oral
alt.sex.orgy
alt.sex.pedophilia
alt.sex.phone
alt.sex.pictures.d <- d is for discussion, don't put
pictures here
alt.sex.prostitution
alt.sex.sm <- sm=sadomasochism
alt.sex.stories
alt.sex.stories.bondage
alt.sex.stories.d <- discussion of stories, not stories
alt.sex.stories.gay \
alt.sex.stories.hetero \ _ stories, not discussions
alt.sex.stories.incest /
alt.sex.stories.moderated /
alt.sex.swingers
alt.sex.tasteless
alt.sex.telephone
alt.sex.voyeurism
alt.sex.wanted.escorts.ads <- ads go here
alt.sex.wanted.escorts.ads.d <- discussion of ads here
alt.sex.wanted.models
alt.sex.watersports <- urine play
X3. Some pictures (binary) groups
Note: look at groups before posting.
.d means it is a discussion group. Don't put pictures
in a discussion group. If the group doesn't say
"male," "men," or something of the sort, it probably is
devoted to women (i.e. "pornstars" usually means only
female pornstars, and "cheerleaders" usually means only
female cheerleaders). The Internet is world-wide and
some images on it may be considered illegal in various
jurisdictions but not in others.
Some of these groups were meant to be jokes, and some
were meant to be empty so that a group lower on the
hierarchy could be created. Now many of them will
have something in them because spammers have put stuff
in every group and new users have not understood the
purpose of the original group.
alt.binaires.pictures.erotica.moderated
alt.binaires.pictures.erotica.teen
alt.binaries.pictures.bigbutts
alt.binaries.pictures.bisexuals
alt.binaries.pictures.black.erotic.females
alt.binaries.pictures.bruce-lloyd
alt.binaries.pictures.cocks
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.d
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.female
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.male
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.animals
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.art.pin-up
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.autos
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.balls
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bears <- hefty, hairy men
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.biker-chicks
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.black.females
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.black.male
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bondage
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.breasts
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.butts
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cheerleaders
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d <-discussion
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.disney
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.facials <-ejaculation on faces
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female.anal
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.feet
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.hair
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.latex
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.leather
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.furry
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.garters-and-heels
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.gaymen
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.groupsex
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.gymnast-girls
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.high-heels
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hornyrob
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.indian-asian
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.interracial
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.koo.sisters
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.kwakiutl
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.latina
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.lesbians
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.lolita
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.anal
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.chubby
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.mardi-gras
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.midgets
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.moderated
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.nativeamerican
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.nose
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.oral
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.orientals
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.panties
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.plushies
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pornstar
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pornstars
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pregnant
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.puffies
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.redheads
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.scanmaster
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.schoolgirls
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.spanking
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.spatch
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.tasteless
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.d <- discussion
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.female
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.female.masturbation
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.fuck
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.male
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.terry.agar
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.transvestites
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.uncut <- uncircumcized males
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.urine
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.voyeurism <-hidden camera,
watching, etc.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.young
alt.binaries.pictures.groupsex
alt.binaries.pictures.lesbians
alt.binaries.pictures.lingerie
alt.binaries.pictures.lingerie.bigbutts
alt.binaries.pictures.lolita
alt.binaries.pictures.lolita.misc
alt.binaries.pictures.nude.celebrities
alt.binaries.pictures.nude.female
alt.binaries.pictures.nude.female.bodybuilders
alt.binaries.pictures.nudism
alt.binaries.pictures.nylons
alt.binaries.pictures.pantyhose
alt.binaries.pictures.utilities <- viewers, decoders, etc.
alt.binaries.pictures.victoria.secret
alt.binaries.pictures.voyeurism <- hidden camera, watching,
etc.
alt.sex.bestiality.pictures
alt.sex.masturbation.pictures
alt.sex.masturbation.pictures.female
alt.sex.masturbation.pictures.female.teen
alt.sex.pictures.d <- discussion, not pictures
alt.sex.pictures.female
alt.sex.pictures.male
X4. What you should know about 011 long distance.
You may find advertisements for various kinds of phone
sex or sex bulletin boards (BBS) which try to convince
you to call a long distance number that begins with
011.
These services are described as being "free." Often
the claim is "only regular long distance charges apply."
The services make their money from kickbacks from
foreign telephone companies. Although there may be
a low per-minute rate quoted, such calls invariably
incur a very large connect fee (like $23).
Ads for these services do not belong in this discussion
group (alt.sex.masturbation) but belong in one of the
commercial sex groups. If you wish paid sex telephone
services, please patronize those companies which
advertise only in appropriate ad groups, but most of
all, investigate what your calls will cost.
The hidden charges will appear on your long distance
telephone bill and if you did make the calls there will
be virtually no way to avoid paying (provided you hope
to keep you telephone service).
Most of the 011 numbers are for Guyana (of cyanide Kool-Aide
fame) or for Singapore. You will notice also that most of the
ads are forgeries.
X5. How to detect forgeries
Forgery is common on USENET. The ability to detect forgery is an
essential skill in a number of situations.
If you wish to complain about spam, you should check the spam
carefully for forgery, because if the message is forged your
complaint might go to the wrong postmaster, annoying someone who
cannot do anything about the spam while not getting your message
to the person who can do something about it.
In the case of advertisements, forgery indicates dishonesty.
Sometimes pranks (or worse) use forgery in the attempt to get
people to make phone calls or send e-mail to an unsuspecting
victim. Be especially careful of messages that invite you to
call a personal phone number or to send explicit e-mail.
Sometimes these posts are forged by vindictive ex-spouses or
ex-boyfriends or coworkers with a grudge or friends who think
this is a funny prank.
While complete headers are necessary to detect some forgeries,
the simplest kinds of forgery can be seen by comparing the From:
header and the message ID. For example:
From: alicia@western.com (Alicia Justins)
Message-ID: <4revp0$afb@argentina.it.earthlink.net>
This message is an obvious forgery because the domain in
the from address does not match the domain in the message ID.
From: alicia@western.com (Alicia Justins)
western.com is the domain this poster claims to be posting from.
Message-ID: <4revp0$afb@argentina.it.earthlink.net>
but the message-ID shows clearly that the message came from
earthlink.net .
If the from line does not show where the message came from it is
a forgery. Forgeries are a violation of technical standards, and
if you cannot nail a forger for any other reason, that the
message is forged is sufficient grounds for a complaint. With
responsible services providers a forgery is sufficient reason to
take action against a user, even if the post does not meet
technical definitions of spam or does not violate any other
rules. If this were someone posting from work but did not want
replies sent to his account at work, he or she could use the
"Reply-to:" header to direct replies to his or her personal
account. Someone who did not want the address he or she was
posting from known could use an anonymous remailer. Forging the
from is easy on many newsreaders, but it is an indication of
dishonesty.
Forging the message ID is a bit harder but can be done. Here are
some headers from a more sophisticated forgery:
From: LOLA <LOLA@COMP.NET>
Message-ID: <31DC6DEC.3571@AOL.COM>
NNTP-Posting-Host: max2-so-ca-25.earthlink.net
In this case it is easy to see that this is a forgery because it
claims to be from lola@comp.net , but the message ID says it is
from aol.com . In this case, however, the forger has used a
server which identifies itself. Not all severs put in the
posting-header, but in this case the server did.
The NNTP-Posting-Host: header claims this message was actually
posted from earthlink.net . Thus, we can be sure that either the
message ID or the posting host header is a lie.
The path header can be helpful in determining a forgery, and if
there is no NNTP-Posting-Host header, the path header may contain
the clues as to where the message really came from.
Path:news.io.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!
news.sprintlink.net!dormouse.icanect.net!ppp-13
>From: @AOL.COM (Adult GIFS FREE)
>Newsgroups: alt.sex.trans,alt.sex.voxmee [etc.]
>Subject: ** FREE PICS FREE **
>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 95 14:47:57 GMT
>Organization: FREE ADULT GIFS
>Lines: 65
>Message-ID: <49uuvv$l3@dormouse.icanect.net>
>X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3
>Xref: news.io.com alt.sex.trans:5216 [etc.]
I have broken the path line here, but real path statements do not
contain line breaks, although they may be line wrapped in various
ways according to your newsreader.
The path header shows the path the message took to get to you,
but it is backward. That is, the place the message started
should be at the end of the path header and your news server
should be at the beginning.
Path:news.io.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!
news.sprintlink.net!dormouse.icanect.net!ppp-13
This path statement is for a post RECEIVED at io.com . All
path headers you see will begin with Path:<your newserver name
here>! If the path header is not forged the ORIGIN of the
post is at the end of the line.
In this case the message began at ppp-13 . This is a ppp connect
within the originating system. Then the message was passed to
dormouse.icanect.net . This is the name of the news server which
put the message on the net, therefore this message came from
icanect.net .
Path headers can be forged, but the real originating site must
appear somewhere in the path. When the path statement is forged,
the path from the real origin to your news server is right.
A forged path then looks like this:
Path:<your news server's name>!<bunches of sites the message DID
pass through>!<site the message REALLY came from>!<phony list of
site the message DID NOT pass through>!<phony site of origin>
However, forged paths are rare. In this case,
Path:news.io.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!
news.sprintlink.net!dormouse.icanect.net!ppp-13
Message-ID: <49uuvv$l3@dormouse.icanect.net>
the message ID and the path both indicate the message started at
icanect.net , and this probably is the truth. If you aren't sure
who to complain to about a spam, start with the site listed last
on the path. You will be right most of the time, and if your
complaint was polite, you will be likely to get the cooperation
of that site in tracking down the forgery if it did not come from
them.
If you intend to complain about a forgery, be sure to save the
message with complete headers. Quote the full headers in your
complaint, otherwise the postmaster you write to will be unable
to determine the real source of the message.
Corrections, additions, and contributions to
eighner@io.com
If you send a contribution, be sure to say whether you
want credit for it or prefer to remain anonymous.
Planned additions to this part:
What to do about spams and scams. Common scams.
THIS IS THE END OF THE FAQ