Steganographic spam?

From: Colin McKinnon <colin_at_EditMeOutUnlessYoureABot.wew.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:17:44 +0100
Message-ID: <3lt3k9.3oc.ln@Lonmay.wew.co.uk>

Anyone else seeing what looks like artificially constructed postings? Steganographics? Zombie directors?

e.g.
> It kills, you smile, yet Thomas never quietly rolls beneath the
> newsspool. The unique tape rarely vexates Franklin, it gets

I've got them on most of the newsgroups I subscribe to. Headers look mostly genuine apart from the original source (I get mine from news.freeserve.co.uk):

Path:
news.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed. sovam.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED !tygohu.net
Path:
news.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!newsf eed.sovam.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.PO STED!mopovyx.com
Path:
news.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed. sovam.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED !eteryk.edu
Path:
news.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online. de!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsf eed.sovam.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.PO STED!xokasel.net

Colin Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 10:17:44 CDT