Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-07-19 Thread Dan Mahoney (Gushi) via mailop
On Mon, 4 Jul 2022, Stuart Henderson via mailop wrote: On 2022/07/02 20:00, Suresh Ramasubramanian via mailop wrote: Spammers in the middle east and Pakistan seem to love doing this. I finally set my google settings to “don’t add me to any google group without my requesting to join it” and

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-07-04 Thread Stuart Henderson via mailop
On 2022/07/02 20:00, Suresh Ramasubramanian via mailop wrote: > Spammers in the middle east and Pakistan seem to love doing this. I finally > set my google > settings to “don’t add me to any google group without my requesting to join > it” and that solved > the issue, at least from the POV of

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-07-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian via mailop
Spammers in the middle east and Pakistan seem to love doing this. I finally set my google settings to “don’t add me to any google group without my requesting to join it” and that solved the issue, at least from the POV of my not receiving it. They’re running riot all over googlegroups and

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-07-02 Thread Dan Mahoney via mailop
One more comment on this. I got added to: Hi d...@prime.gushi.org, asaccessories...@gmail.com added you to the Insights group. Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich community experience. You can also use your Group to share

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-18 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
People, please stop CC'ing me when you reply to this thread. Reply to list only, I don't need a second copy of your messages. -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa r...@rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-18 Thread Dan Mahoney via mailop
> On Jun 18, 2022, at 12:59 AM, Brandon Long via mailop > wrote: > The opt-out link is https://groups.google.com/d/optout > This required adding freebsd@ as an alternate address to my profile. I *hope* that does it. > Does any other reporting method you

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-18 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 7:26 PM Dan Mahoney wrote: > On Jun 16, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Brandon Long via mailop > wrote: > > You should get a welcome message when a user direct subscribes you to a > group that should have an unsubscribe link in it. The welcome message part > of the flow that the

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-18 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
Yeah, double dashes is not allowed in rfc821 mailboxes unless quoted, I wondered about that myself. I guess the current groups impl isn't enforcing those rules correctly, or maybe expects the mail server to quote them. In reality, most mail servers don't interpret addresses that strictly, and I

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-17 Thread Shaun via mailop
On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:38:00 -0400 Dan Mahoney via mailop wrote: > I'm getting regular spam from google groups. (This week, it's in Arabic). > Since it's google groups, any abuse reports would just be devnulled. > > Sender: -2040---_...@googlegroups.com > List-Archive:

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-17 Thread Cyril - ImprovMX via mailop
That's a really great question and I've also experienced a ton of spam comming from Google Groups I never opted in. I followed the recommendation of Brandon Long, and at my great surprise, I was in 0 groups! (despite receiving spammy emails). Just yesterday I got one (attached here as EML),

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-17 Thread Stuart Henderson via mailop
On 2022/06/16 19:42, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > However, I am not sure if Google Groups sends an email to the user who is > being added informing him/her about that if you do not enter any "welcome > message" in the appropriate field when adding users. In my opinion, for > users who are

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
Thankfully most who run lists have morals :) Something you'd think Google would have, but perhaps its relies on the fact certain dnsbl's have made it known to the big boys they wont be listed, luckily not all think that way, funnny this I'm sure this is a no no in the USA, perhaps not it

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Mark Foster via mailop
On 17/06/2022 3:46 pm, Noel Butler via mailop wrote: On 17/06/2022 05:55, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: You should get a welcome message when a user direct subscribes you to a group that should have an unsubscribe link in it.  The welcome message part of the flow that the group manager can

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
On 17/06/2022 05:55, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: You should get a welcome message when a user direct subscribes you to a group that should have an unsubscribe link in it. The welcome message part of the flow that the group manager can set should be added to that message. What the F, no

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Dan Mahoney via mailop
> On Jun 16, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Brandon Long via mailop > wrote: > > You should get a welcome message when a user direct subscribes you to a group > that should have an unsubscribe link in it. The welcome message part of the > flow that the group manager can set should be added to that

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
You should get a welcome message when a user direct subscribes you to a group that should have an unsubscribe link in it. The welcome message part of the flow that the group manager can set should be added to that message. There are limits on how many people a group manager can add in this way,

Re: [mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 16.06.2022 o godz. 11:38:00 Dan Mahoney via mailop pisze: > > Can someone please explain to me how/why a google group manager is able to > just add any email address and send to it? Considering all the > authentication they're requiring, this seems like a gaping hole in any > kind of

[mailop] Question for Google -- how am I able to be added to google groups without opting in?

2022-06-16 Thread Dan Mahoney via mailop
All, I'm getting regular spam from google groups. (This week, it's in Arabic). Since it's google groups, any abuse reports would just be devnulled. Sender: -2040---_...@googlegroups.com List-Archive: