Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > I think it's more about spammers, law and security of (mostly) home > computers. In my employer's company we also notice spam increase from our > network etc. and google as free mail provider is also just the victim. Victims? IMNTBHO, if a company is going to provide free email services, which are going to be exploited as much as possible by spammers, then they either need to actively police it, secure it from abuse (whatever that takes) or stop. Otherwise they are part of the problem. Relaying spam as they do is unacceptable. If us little guys have a server relaying spam, they will block us in a heartbeat and think nothing of it Chris
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
> Joseph Brennan wrote: > > Just a few months ago we did not get much spam at all from gmail. > > Something changed. On 28.05.08 20:24, Bob Proulx wrote: > One change seems to be that Google's captcha has been broken. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=google+captcha+broken don't they block found pages yet? ;-) -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Joseph Brennan wrote: > Just a few months ago we did not get much spam at all from gmail. > Something changed. One change seems to be that Google's captcha has been broken. http://www.google.com/search?q=google+captcha+broken Bob
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Joseph Brennan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have checked the Received: headers several times and the messages are >> coming from or . Maybe they should be listet in >> . > > We have 200 complaints a day about spam that really comes from gmail. > It's the biggest source of spam that gets through. Obviously it's also > a very big source of legit mail. Just a few months ago we did not get > much spam at all from gmail. Something changed. Agreed, and people need to realize that spam delivered via gmail servers *is* Google's responsibility. No exceptions. -- Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
I have checked the Received: headers several times and the messages are coming from or . Maybe they should be listet in . We have 200 complaints a day about spam that really comes from gmail. It's the biggest source of spam that gets through. Obviously it's also a very big source of legit mail. Just a few months ago we did not get much spam at all from gmail. Something changed. Joseph Brennan Columbia University Information Technology
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Am 2008-05-25 23:44:33, schrieb Sahil Tandon: > I have tried contacting postmaster@ but their auto-response is uselessly > disingenuous. In it, they insist that spam is never sent from Google > servers, and only from "miscreants" who forge @gmail.com addresses. END OF REPLIED MESSAGE I have checked the Received: headers several times and the messages are coming from or . Maybe they should be listet in . Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/935194750, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) signature.pgp Description: Digital signature
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
> Sahil Tandon wrote: > > Jonathan Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've been getting quite a lot of spam that's coming *directly* from > >> Google, > >> using Google servers and referencing blogspot.com (also a Google property) > >> URLs. I've been submitting them to URIBL but naturally, they're constantly > >> changing. > > > > Same problem here. For us, the amount of spam originating directly from > > Google has increased noticeably over the last two months. On 27.05.08 18:16, AxisInternet wrote: > Yes, unfortunately, Google has joined Hotmail and Yahoo lately as being a > part of the problem and no the solution. It's unfortunate. > > I do find that I block the bulk of it though with some good manual bayes > training... I think it's more about spammers, law and security of (mostly) home computers. In my employer's company we also notice spam increase from our network etc. and google as free mail provider is also just the victim. Yes, providers can do much with the spam problem. But not all. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. It's now safe to throw off your computer.
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Sahil Tandon wrote: > Jonathan Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been getting quite a lot of spam that's coming *directly* from Google, >> using Google servers and referencing blogspot.com (also a Google property) >> URLs. I've been submitting them to URIBL but naturally, they're constantly >> changing. > > Same problem here. For us, the amount of spam originating directly from > Google has increased noticeably over the last two months. Yes, unfortunately, Google has joined Hotmail and Yahoo lately as being a part of the problem and no the solution. It's unfortunate. I do find that I block the bulk of it though with some good manual bayes training... Chris
Re: Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Jonathan Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Example spam at: http://www.pbp.net/~jnichols/spam3.txt > > I've been getting quite a lot of spam that's coming *directly* from Google, > using Google servers and referencing blogspot.com (also a Google property) > URLs. I've been submitting them to URIBL but naturally, they're constantly > changing. Same problem here. For us, the amount of spam originating directly from Google has increased noticeably over the last two months. > What have you guys done to try and cut down on the blatant spam coming > right out of Google? It seems that they are *very* bad at responding to > spam complaints (if they respond at all) and Google is actually helping > spammers by hiding the originating IP address. I have tried contacting postmaster@ but their auto-response is uselessly disingenuous. In it, they insist that spam is never sent from Google servers, and only from "miscreants" who forge @gmail.com addresses. -- Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spam from Gmail & Blogspot
Example spam at: http://www.pbp.net/~jnichols/spam3.txt I've been getting quite a lot of spam that's coming *directly* from Google, using Google servers and referencing blogspot.com (also a Google property) URLs. I've been submitting them to URIBL but naturally, they're constantly changing. What have you guys done to try and cut down on the blatant spam coming right out of Google? It seems that they are *very* bad at responding to spam complaints (if they respond at all) and Google is actually helping spammers by hiding the originating IP address. I don't want to just go and add points to gmail/blogspot because of the number of valid users. Also, do any of the SA rulesets give a negative score to Google properties? If so, perhaps it's time to rethink that.. Cheers, -- j
