Does this list have non-member moderation enabled? Having that on helps block most of the spam bots that troll google groups.
Josh On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's not that *this* list is a target. It's that *every* list is a > target. The cost to send spam is practically zero, so it would take > more time and energy to decide what lists *not* to spam. The sad thing > is that it works and is obviously profitable, otherwise it would have > stopped long ago. > > -Chad > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Scott Haneda <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I do not really understand their motivation, 99% of the groups out there are >> not going to be susceptible to spam. Most groups are tech, or at least, >> highly niche, and the people on it are going to know it is spam. Most >> groups are filtered into a folder, there are just so many red flags. >> >> Spammers are a strange group. >> >> How come this list is such a target? I am on some other google groups, >> larger than this by a fair degree, and this does not happen. >> -- >> Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * >> >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Jeffrey Greenberg wrote: >> >>> This looks just great... can't wait to try itj >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Peter Denton >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I would say, considering I can only recall a few spam posts getting >>>> through, you guys [sic] do a great job. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Why yes we can, and we do... loads of it. >>>>> >>>>> The problem is that these spammers are spoofing the "from" address of >>>>> list owners who usually get automatically posted and skip the >>>>> moderation step. This is a flaw of the way Google Groups handles >>>>> incoming posts, and not of the group admins. >>>>> >>>>> -Chad >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Dave Briccetti <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Google group admins can actually DELETE spam, too, which would be >>>>>> nice. >> >> >
