[122063] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Varriale)
Thu Feb 4 18:35:51 2010
From: "Tony Varriale" <tvarriale@comcast.net>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:35:23 -0600
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Mercer" <jim@reptiles.org>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:07 AM
Subject: google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging
spammers?
>
> we have recently started getting alot of spam, out of dubai, from
> "ecampaigners.dxb@gmail.com"
>
> all of the spam comes from/through google and google groups.
>
> is this accepted/supported activity on google?
>
> if not, where might i find a contact who can cluefully respond?
>
> --
> Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +92 336 520-4504
> "I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
> - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
> President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
> Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked
> Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"
>
Not that I can point you in the correct direction, but Google Groups is a
haven for spammers. In fact, I stopped using it a while ago for this
reason.
I do find it odd that gmail is very good at filtering spam, but groups
isn't/doesn't.
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