~BD~
Fri Jul 11 11:43:44 CDT 2008
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5$7HY24IHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> ~BD~ wrote:
>> I said to Peter Foldes .........
>>
>> "perhaps you can help me understand why there are hundreds of posts
>> here entitled 'ClusterSentinelNNTPPostTest' with the 'poster' being
>> user@domain"
>> PF usually knows the answer to most things, but this obviously has
>> him stumped (or he's been busy elsewhere).
>>
>> Can anyone here explain matters? If so, I'd appreciate your view.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>> Advice: Don't over-analyze. ;-)
>>
>> Someone decided to post (perhaps testing something - thus their
>> choice of newsgroups: microsoft.public.test) hundreds of times
>> something entitled 'ClusterSentinelNNTPPostTest' (the very subject
>> again implying this is a test - further confirming the reasoning
>> behind it all) and they have chosen to hide their identity by using
>> the address user@domain for whatever reason.
>> As far as why someone would do that - those reasons would be known
>> only to the person actually doing the posting (and perhaps not even
>> to them - depending on their mental state and/or possibility of
>> being told to do that.)
>>
>> Could be a spammer testing their new tool. Could be a regular user
>> testing something for themselves. Could be a bot. Could be some
>> insane individual who thinks this will bring them closer to
>> enlightment (or perhaps they are not insane and it will do just
>> that and we are all blind to their wisdom...)
>
> ~BD~ wrote:
>> What wise words, Shenan Stanley - thank you! :)
>>
>> However, 'tis me who is seeking enlightment!
>>
>> I suspect that you didn't actually take the trouble to look or, if
>> you did, you do not see the posts in question. Each post as
>> described is one minute apart - every minute of every hour -
>> hundreds ............. all similar, but the ones I've looked at
>> have differing numerals/letters. Here is an example:
>> NNTP microsoft.public.test -
>> Post61bfb794-390a-4bd8-b8aa-16012d3071bc
>> Although I appreciate your specific view, there must be a more
>> logical reason than any of those you have described Shenan. Perhaps
>> someone else will actually take a peek ............ and report
>> back, here, what they think.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> PS Thank you for your advice btw. Do you know, I once posted
>> messages in the 'test' forum at Aumha and had my hand smacked
>> really hard.
>> There is now this caveat imposed there:-
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> (Administrative Post for Clarification)
>>
>> The Test Forum is for the stated purpose posted at it's main link.
>>
>> That being.
>>
>> Feel free to use this as a "test space" for learning to use the
>> forum. Items here will be automatically purged 3 days after their
>> last post. PLEASE DON'T POST QUESTIONS HERE (except, perhaps, about
>> how to use the forum itself).
>> This Forum is not for questions or anything other then testing to
>> see if a system is capable of posting to the forums. Any other
>> posts will be considered misuse of the Test Forum.
>> _________________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Ref:-
http://www.aumha.net/
>>
>> I never did understand why the posting of *anything* in a test
>> facility should have upset someone. ;)\
>
> I did go look before I responded.
>
> I stick with my answer.
> Something is testing something.
>
> What specifically (given the subject name - I have suspicions as to the
> product) I cannot say for sure.
>
> Why is something only the person/bot/server configured to do this testing
> could answer.
>
>
> "ClusterSentinel is a tool used to monitor and control the Network Load
> Balancing cluster hosts. Microsoft.com administrators use ClusterSentinel
> to:
>
> . Determine and report the state of the Network Load Balancing cluster
> hosts, such as converged or suspended.
> . Manually control cluster hosts by using Network Load Balancing commands,
> such as Stop, Start, Drain and Drainstop.
> . Monitor and report on application health. If an application is
> determined to be having problems on a particular host, that host will
> automatically be removed from the cluster."
>
>
> As for the body of each message - that unique identifier could mean
> anything and be generated in any way.
>
> The "Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.test:" is counting up and
> infers that 320627 postings have been made since whatever/whom ever began
> this 'test'. Right now i only see 319416 - 320627, but that will
> increase. heh
>
> Headers from the first I saw:
> -----
> From: user@domain
> Subject: ClusterSentinelNNTPPostTest
> Message-ID: <#DUS8#o4IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.test
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:20:33 -0700
> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.46.197.57
> Path: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
> Lines: 1
> Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.test:319416
> -----
>
> Headers from the last I saw:
> -----
> From: user@domain
> Subject: ClusterSentinelNNTPPostTest
> Message-ID: <u0sAFS24IHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.test
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:43:43 -0700
> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.46.197.57
> Path: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
> Lines: 1
> Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.test:320627
> -----
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
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>
>
Thank you , Shenan.
I apologise for doubting that you had looked. A better bond of trust has now
been formed!
Thanks for helping to explain matters as far as you are able.
I appreciate your time and effort to help educate me! ;)
Dave