[88574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Google = Spam Source (was RE: Gmail weirdness?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Fri Feb 10 16:59:50 2006
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0602111021040.32502@maverick.blakjak.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
From: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:59:22 -0800
To: Mark Foster <blakjak@blakjak.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 10-Feb-2006, at 13:43, Mark Foster wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Gary Wardell wrote:
>
>> I've seen one or two blogs that suggest gmail has a potential as a
>> source for anonymous SPAM and other abuses.
>>
>> One said he blocks all gmail.
>>
>> I'd be interested as to what others think.
>
> Well after I posted to NANOG about gmail I found myself randomly
> added to a 'Google Group' about hacking...
You are not alone. And since I was subscribed twice (each from
different addresses) I suspect this is not the only list that has
been scraped for subscriber addresses.
Joe
